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Alfredo Arribas, VinsNus, SiurAlta, Antic, Cariñena, Sumoll, 2020, Montsant, Catalonia, Spain
Producer Profile
Alfredo Arribas a multidisciplinary architect, has developed most of his renowned international career in multiple world locations. Recently, more of his works have taken place in his birth town, Barcelona.
In 2001, Alfredo started his adventure in the wine world, after acquiring the estate Clos del Portal, in Priorat, where he centres his activity. In parallel, he develops a recovery task of a bunch of old vines – Trossos – in the neighbor Montsant appelation.
SiurAlta VINS NUS Montsant is Alfredo Arribas’ project in the DO Montsant. This project includes a range of wines made in the most natural way: pure, handcrafted, and close to their origins. Wines where the acidity constitutes the backbone of the wine, thus replacing the traditional tannic based structure, this can be achieved thanks to the higher freshness existing permanently in the SiurAlta area, which allows practicing a non-interventionist winemaking. Resulting in high altitude wines with great capacity for ageing.
Viticulture
Genuine and naked, SiurAlta Antic is like the Noble Savage, like the anchorite that – without atrezzo – descends the Montsant mountain range coming from the small Hermitage in Sant Joan del Codolar, walking through calcarous round stones. Ancestral and iconoclastic at the same time, composed by the two vineyards with greatest acidity of the area, despite being the last ones that conclude the harvest.
Winemaking
Whole cluster pressed followed by spontaneous fermentation in steel steel. Aged for 12 months in amphoras and French oak puncheons. Bottled unfiltered, unfined and with no added sulphites. Vegan friendly.
Tasting Note
Clean, clear and bright. Cherry color with garnet reflections, and where it has a medium layer intensity.
On the nose, it is the representation of the variety, which, with a palpable frankness, expresses the aromas of ripe black fruit, herbs, balsamic and earthy touches.
Mouth where acidity is the protagonist. Balanced passage between fruit and well-integrated tannins. Long and persistent finish.
Goes well with
Meat and rice dishes.
Cellaring
4-6 years with careful cellaring.
Features
Varieties: Cariñena 90%, Sumoll 10%
Colour: Red
ABV: 13%
Closure: Natural Cork
Style: Natural Still Wine
Case Size: 6 x 75cl
Country: Spain
Region: Montsant, Catalonia
Vintage: 2020
