Geisha Dragon, Ver Sacrum
Description
An utterly beguiling white wine from a winemaker whose appetite for experimentation (and strange labels!) seems to know no bounds. 70% Viognier, 20% Marsanne and 10% Pedro Giménez (Criolla Blanca) co-fermented with airborne yeast in a single raw concrete 3,000 litre egg-shaped fermenter with 35 days’ open / oxidative fermentation. 90% of the wine stays in the egg sur lie for 11 months; the other 10% is aged under flor in French oak barrels before being back blended with the main body of the wine. The final wine is then aged for a further 12 months in bottle prior to release. The results are extraordinary. An incredibly fresh wine given the winemaking techniques, yet with a texture verging on voluptuous. Lovely fresh-baked bread notes atop supple melon and pineapple aromas, rich yet precise in the mouth. Gorgeous.
£23.95
Quantity Available: 1
Product Code: S14709
Country
Argentina
Region
Uco Valley
Vintage
2021
Bottle Size
75cl
Grape Varieties
Viognier, Marsanne, Criolla Blanca
Producer Details
This is not a conventional project. The winery is the a garage and a rented warehouse. Ver Sacrum is the brainchild of a small group of viticultors / winemakers, baptized as “Team Grenachista”. The aim of the project is to produce a comeback of the Mediterranean varieties that Argentina lost after the 1950´s in favour of Malbec plantings. They grow Grenache Noir, Mourvèdre, Roussanne, Marsanne, Syrah, Mencía, Carignan, Teroldego and Nebbiolo, as well as some Malbec, Cab Franc and Pinot Noir. This is true garagist wine making at its best.
