Vinyas d'Empremta 'Sucamulla' Rosat 2023 org

Vinyas d'Empremta 'Sucamulla' Rosat 2023 orgPla de Bages is one of the tiniest appellations in Catalunya, covering just 500ha of vines; the producer Vinyas d'Empremta is just as tiny, but making moving, expressive wines from native varieties to the region. This rosat is a blend of Catalan native red varieties and is full of notes of rose, raspberry, warm Mediterranean herbs, and a warm, dusty soil on the palate, too. It's an ideal pink wine that's meant to pair with eggplant, squids, shrimp,

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bringing winemaking prowess with them

a red varietal from Slovenia known as Refosco in Italy and very similar profile as Syrah

no billionaire investors

Let this bottle get some air

grain-based spirit

Martin Arndorfer purchased this very old-vines planting of Roter in a high-elevation parcel of a hallowed vineyard called Gaisberg

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delicately herbal

The wine then rested on full lees until the following summer and then was bottled unfiltered

No extra sulfur was added to this wine as a preservative: a genuine winemaking rarity in the region