Envinate Albahra 2023

Type: Red
Producer: Envinate
Country: Spain
Region: La Mancha
Grape: Garnacha Tintorera
Year: 2023
Farming: Organic

"Wine yourself" since 2005, this group of four friends has consistently been bringing us some of the most tasty wines from different areas of Spain. "Albahra" or small sea is a blend of the two grapes from Albacete, a town due east of Valencia. They are fermented and rested in a mix of concrete and used French oak. Medium bodied and juicy. Lively, minerally, dark fruit, earth. 

The grapes were fermented with indigenous yeasts by parcel.
30% to 70% whole bunches are used, and maceration averages around 10 days before pressing with a pneumatic press. Fermentation completes in a mix of used barrels and concrete tanks, and the wine rests on its lees for 8 months. Bottled without fining or filtering, and with only a very small addition of sulfur.