La Salada Garnatxa Blanca Brisado La Baracca de L'Avi 2022
| Grape | Garnatxa Blanca (old vine, 1946) |
| Producer | La Salada (Toni & Anna) |
| Region | Penedès, Catalonia, Spain |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Farming | Biodynamic |
| Maceration | 50% amphora (2 wks), 50% steel (2 wks), foot crushed |
| Additions | Zero SO₂ |
One of the hardest wines to find from La Salada. The fruit is drawn from two different vineyard parcels: La Barraca de l’Avi (300 vines planted in 2011) and the L’Ermot vineyard, where the Garnatxa Blanca was planted in 1946. Both sites sit on Penedès calcareous clay soils. All fruit was crushed by foot; 50% fermented in amphorae for two weeks, 50% in stainless steel for two weeks. After pressing, both lots were combined and rested in stainless steel for seven months. Unfined, unfiltered, zero SO₂ added.
Avi was Toni’s grandfather; the parcel and wine are named for the hut where he kept his farming tools. This wine is produced in tiny quantities from some of the oldest Garnatxa Blanca vines in the Penedès.
Tasting Notes
Voluptuous and energetic. Old vine Garnatxa Blanca at its most complex: textured, aromatic, with the depth that comes from 75-year-old vines and biodynamic farming. Green almonds, rosemary honey, wild fennel, and a long mineral finish.
Food Pairing
Aged white cheese, grilled fish with herbs, roast chicken, Catalan rice dishes.
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