A Viña Franca selection

Terra Alta L’Abrunet Negre

Celler Frisach

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Terra Alta

Variety

60% Garnacha Fina (Grenache)
40% Cariñena (Carignan)

Franscesc writes:  "Our ancestors performed the assembly of their grapes in the vineyards, specifically Cariñena and some Garnacha, which is known today as a vineyard blend. With this wine, we wanted to recover this kind of elaboration, but for the best maturation, we worked with two vineyards that are located within varied topographies of our region. When working with two varieties located in two different places, we get the best ripening fruit and can work with optimal maturity."

Viticulture
Vineyard name

Creveta & Vall de Canelles

Soil type

Sand dunes and iron-rich calcareous clay (Garnacha) rocky calcareous clay (Cariñena)

Vine agePlanted in 1995
Vineyard size5 ha
PruningDouble Royat
ExpositionNortheast, southeast
Altitude500 m
Vinification

Co-fermented in underground cement vats called trulls that the brothers' grandparents built.

ElevageMust is retrieved bucket by bucket, pressed, and transferred to the next vat where it ages on the fine lees for 6 months
Harvest typeHand Harvested
Fining/FilteringAbsolute minimal filtration, minimal SO2. Fining during spring.
Additional info
Total production average15000 bottles
UPC Code Bottle8437011788016