2023 Nanclares y Prieto 'Porta Franca' Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain Chateau Bellegrave 100% Mataro • San Benito

100% Mataro  • San Benito County  •  7 barrels produced • Planted in 1923 in a mix of granite and limestone-rich soils • head-trained

The bunches are kept whole and fermented spontaneously and carbonically with a short maceration and no sulfur

Nikka's first distillery built in 1934

The wine is aged in concrete tanks for 6 months and bottled unfiltered

punchdowns end when fermentation is fully going

2023 Nanclares y Prieto 'Porta Franca' Albarino, Rias Baixas, Spain Chateau Bellegrave 100% Mataro • San Benito100% Albario from 20 35 year old vines in the O Car vineyard in the Meao area. The vineyard is trained in the pergola method and is planted on rich sandy loam soils over granitic bedrock. The grapes were harvested by hand, sorted, and gently crushed whole cluster into a 450L used French oak barrel where they fermented and rested on their lees for 11 months, with batonnage for only the first month. Uniquely, this wine is made with zero sulfur additions