Envinate - Albahra, Almansa, Spain (2021)

TASTING NOTES

Fermented and aged in concrete which provides the wine with a lovely texture alongside a mix of ripe and crunchy red plums, raspberries, heather, sage, citrus with nutmeg, savoury accents and hints of minerality. Lip smacking and delightful.

Crafted from top Garnacha Tintorera and Moravia Agria grapes at 800 meters elevation in Almansa. 40% of grapes are fermented with whole bunches in large concrete tanks.

Winemakers Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos, and José Martínez met while studying oenology at The Miguel Hernández University of Elche. In 2005, after graduating, they formed a wine consultancy and later Envínate, with the goal of expressing the distinctive terroirs of Spain and its Atlantic coastline.

Each member of the Envínate collective brings his or her unique strengths to the group, coming together to create a product that transparently and beautifully reflects each oceanic terroir.

What makes Envínate special is its completely natural winemaking process, identical and consistent in each of Envínate’s four winemaking facilities. The team uses absolutely no chemicals in their process – all parcels are hand-picked, grapes are foot-trodden and wines are fermented exclusively with wild yeasts. Sulphur is only added to the wine prior to bottling, if necessary.