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Private: Mas Candí

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Type

White Wine

Appellation

Variety

100% Xarel-lo

Viticulture

Soil type

Calcareous clay with gravel

Vine age54-60 years

Vinification

Hand harvest, maceration for 24 hours, alcoholic fermentation in barrel

Elevage8 months with batonnage in acacia, chestnut, French oak barrels, steel tanks, and amphoras

Harvest typeHand Harvested

More about
the producer

Private: Mas Candí

Founded in 2005

30 hectares

Mas Candí is a joint venture between Ramon Jané, Mercè Cuscó, and Toni Carbo, three Catalunya natives passionate about organic / chemical-free farming. Ramon and Toni first met at oenology school at Camp Joliu in Penedès back in 1988. By the time their 1994 graduation rolled around, the pair were quite good friends. In addition to sharing mentalities on farming and viticultural practices, both Ramon and Tony hailed from vine-growing families in Spain. Separately, they could achieve modest goals; together, the two could move mountains.

Ramon’s family owns approximately 30 hectares of vineyards in Font-Rubí, not too far from where Enric Soler farms his Espenyalluchs plot. Despite the area’s warm temperatures, vineyard climates here remain cool, thanks to the high altitudes ...