Minipuça 2023 Price|£30-£40

Minipuça 2023 Price|£30-£40A quenching pet nat of Xarel lo from the old vines of his Tires del Nan vineyard, planted back in the late 50s. Given a short time on skins in steel, the wine is then transferred to bottle to complete its fermentation and given one year on lees before disgorgement. Full of lively, frothy bubbles, the wine gives off the savoury, spiced aromas of the grape variety along with a touch of brioche and a floral lilt. Despite the age of the vines, this is fun

then left on the lees for a full year before disgorging by hand

A wonderfully raw yet pure expression of the grape

A more true expression

Made with 100% Saperavi

macerated on their skins for three days before being pressed into the barrel

The kind of fuller-bodied red that keeps everyone around the table happy

savoury bitters and the line of acidity is taut with energetic vim

crushed by foot and filled into amphora which are buried in the ground by the vineyard

Bright and glossy

The vintage is a touch lighter than previous

ripe apple and tropical fruits

On the palate there is tension and minerality sitting in perfect balance with ripe fruits