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Albahra, Envínate
Staff Pick
Organic

Albahra, Envínate - 2024

750 mL
Item # 37876

Made from a blend of Garnacha Tintorera (or Alicante Bouchet) and Moravia Agria grown in chalky, clay-calcareous soils. Wild yeast fermented with 50% whole grape clusters in 4500 liter cement vats, with soft pigeage and a short maceration of 7 days; then raised in cement for 8 months. Unoaked.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2024
Country
Spain
Region
Almansa
Producer
Envinate
Grape Variety
Alicante Bouchet
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Item Notes

  • Limited Production: Only 1 bottle(s) per customer

Production Methods

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

Staff Pick Notes

Made of 100% Alicante Bouchet, this wine tastes like licking high acid boysenberry pie filling off a cold slab of white marble, deep gray veins running through it. Whimsy. Clean and gentle on the palate. Dark berries, laced in a salty brine-a characteristic that lends itself to depth of flavor and a length that does not quit. Comparable to a more composed and compelling Syrah. A wine that feels like crawling into the crisp white sheets of a Ritz Carlton bed wearing a deep plum hued silk pajama set and sleeping off an entire month’s worth of exhaustion.

- HG

More About This Wine

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

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Almansa

Halfway between La Mancha and the Mediterranean Coast, directly north of Jumilla, lies this relatively unknown wine region that's churning out some truly noteworthy wines. The majority of wine production here goes into reds, with the most emphasis placed on Monastrell, Cencibel (aka Tempranillo) and Garnacha Tintorera (aka Alicante Bouschet). Quite strangely, this little pocket of Spain has become the new home of one of the least-loved Bordeaux varietals, Petit Verdot, and the resulting wines...

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