VallDolina Xarel.lo Alt Penedès 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case aspect and rock-strewn soil

aspect and rock-strewn soil

A wine of spicy complexity and structured elegance

It was crushed to amphora where it spent 54 days on skins

It is 100% Pinot Noir and entirely from a highly regarded organic vineyard

The nose has primary fresh aromas of citrus fruits and pear

VallDolina Xarel.lo Alt Penedès 2023 Size::6 Bottle Case aspect and rock-strewn soilA scorching Catalan white from the Garrafs mountain range separating Barcelona and Sitges. This is Peneds but very much not Peneds. Instead of the low lying 'vegetable garden' (as it is unkindly referred to) vineyards, this remote mountain range has vines at very high altitude planted in limestone. These two factors set this Xarel. lo apart from the flabby wines grown elsewhere across the region. 70 year old, organically grown Xarel. lo vines dot pine