Castell d’Age, Penedès, 100% Xarel-lo No SO2 Added 2019

Appellation: Penedès

Region: Catalonia

Country: Spain

Color: White

Varietal(s): Xarel-lo

About The Producer

Castell d’Age is the creation of three generations of women in the Junyent family, located in the Beguda Baixa, in the heart of the Alt Penedés region. It all started with Aurèlia Figuera and then was transformed by Anne Marie Comtesse in the late 1980s with the production of Cavas. Anne Marie is a pioneer in introducing organic farming in the region. With the addition of her daughter Olivia Junyent to the business, they are now certified organic and biodynamic agriculture, a method that respects the relationship between humans and earth.

Terroir & Vineyard Practices:

The Bodega is certified organic and biodynamic at the strictest levels and this wine is made without the addition of sulfur. This comes from young Xarel-lo vines grown in Can Almirall on limestone soils.

Tasting Notes

A natural, authentic, and honest wine made exclusively of Xarel-lo without the addition of sulfur. It has a pale yellow hue. The nose has aromas of tropical fruits against a mineral and herbaceous background. It is fresh and broad on the palette. A wine with personality, ideal to be served with game, smoky flavored dished, or grilled fare.

Vinification

The grapes are harvested in the first half of September. It undergoes spontaneous fermentation at controlled temperatures with indigenous yeast from Castell d'Age vineyards. Made without the addition of sulfur. No filtration or clarification. A natural, authentic, and honest wine. Limited production.