Celler Escoda-Sanahuja Les Paradetes Conca de Barbera Spain 2008

A winery founded in 2003, it is situated at the foot of the Prenafeta Mountain. It has 7 hectares of it’s own vineyard, cultivated with Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Garnacha, Cariñena and Chenin Blanc. The cultivation of the vineyard is totally biologically with biodynamic principles. These wines are as natural as you can get. Joan Ramon Escoda-Sanahuja uses no sulfites either in the vineyard or during any part of the vinification process (if possible). To ensure that his wines are stable, he puts the wines through a very long and slow maceration period under with very controlled temperature conditions. This method captures natural carbon dioxide which becomes a natural preservative to the wine and creates wines that have long and silky tannin structures with great follow through on the finish. The wines are not filtered, nor fined. All the bottling, vineyard management and harvest is done with the cycle of the moon - Bio-dynamic. The vineyards are of calcareous soils located at an altitude between 450 – 600m. This provides both character and elegance to the wines from it’s special terrain.

The wine is made from 40% Garnatxa Negra, 30% Carinyena, and 30% Sumoll Negre from 20+ year old vines that have never seen chemicals in the hills of Conca de Barbera.  The grapes are all hand harvested and wild fermented. The wine goes for 15 days of maceration on the skins at cool temperatures and then it is slowly nurtured for 6 months in stainless steel tanks and Amphora vessels, then aged in steel on the lees before getting bottled unfiltered with no sulfur added. Silky, spiced dark red fruit with a wild side.