Filitas y Lutitas
Sierras de Málaga Moscatel Pedro Ximénez
Sierras de Málaga, Andalucía, Spain
Very unusual blend of 90% Moscatel de Alejandría (Muscat of Alexandria) and 10% Pedro Ximénez - varieties traditionally used for dessert wines. Fruit is sourced from vineyards on poor slate and schist (filitas and lutitas) soils at over 3,000 ft altitude in the Axarquía, a rugged, mountainous region in southern Spain known for its breathtaking steep slope-vineyards, some up to 70% (which also lend their name to the winery, vertical vineyards). After a 24-hour maceration with its skins, the Muscat was fermented in very old 3,300-liter foudres purchased from Brandy-producer Larios while the Pedro Ximénez was aged in 600-liter barrels. Aged for 10 months in foudre. Somewhere between a generoso and a white wine, the wine is savory, complex and mineral, with aromas of dry herbs, almonds, hints of Brandy and long, salty finish.
Very unusual blend of 90% Moscatel de Alejandría (Muscat of Alexandria) and 10% Pedro Ximénez - varieties traditionally used for dessert wines. Fruit is sourced from vineyards on poor slate and schist (filitas and lutitas) soils at over 3,000 ft altitude in the Axarquía, a rugged, mountainous region in southern Spain known for its breathtaking steep slope-vineyards, some up to 70% (which also lend their name to the winery, vertical vineyards). After a 24-hour maceration with its skins, the Muscat was fermented in very old 3,300-liter foudres purchased from Brandy-producer Larios while the Pedro Ximénez was aged in 600-liter barrels. Aged for 10 months in foudre. Somewhere between a generoso and a white wine, the wine is savory, complex and mineral, with aromas of dry herbs, almonds, hints of Brandy and long, salty finish.
Nov 13th, 2020