Type

Rose Wine

Appellation

Vino de Mesa

Variety

50% Grenache Gris
30% Grenache Noir
20% Grenache Blanc

Franscesc writes: "What do we get if we put together all grapes (of different varieties) from the rural state? What can we do with an almost nonexistent variety? These questions arose when crafting Abrunet Frisach Rose. The union of three varieties so similar yet so different, collected at the same time, reassembled and harmonize together for a day." All the grapes for their rosat come from a single vineyard and are harvested together at the same time.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Finca Trufes

Soil type

Clay-limestone soil

Vine agePlanted in 1985

Vineyard size5 ha

PruningGobelet

ExpositionNortheast, Southeast

Altitude400 m

Vinification

Destemmed, crushed and macerated together for 24 hours before then being pressed off. Only the free run juice is used for the rosat. Native yeast fermentation in stainless steel tanks.

Elevage6 months on the fine lees in stainless steel.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringMinimal filtration, minimal SO2. Fined in spring.

Additional info

Total production average7000 bottles

UPC Code Bottle8437011788078

More about
the producer

Celler Frisach

Founded in 2008

40 hectares

Brothers Francesc and Joan Ferré produce superbly energetic natural wines from their 20 hectares of vines in Corbera d’Ebre, located in the Terra Alta region of Catalonia. For well over 200 years, the Ferré family has been growing grapes and olives in this area. Traditionally, farmers would sell off their grapes at low prices right after each harvest. One year, a large buyer cancelled their purchase at the last moment, and in 2009, the young brothers Francesc and Joan decided to produce their own wines in order to find their independence and create their own wines that properly reflect their proud hometown of Corbera. The name Frisach was the surname of their great-grandfather, and the name Ca Frisach still adorns the family home where they live.

For many years, Catalonia...