Mendall Macbeu d'Avall 2019
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| Management number | 253563364 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$14.00 | Model Number | 253563364 | ||
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Macbeu d'Avall is 100% Macabeo grown organically in Vilalba dels Arcs, Terra Alta, at roughly 450 meters above sea level on calcareous, sandy, clay soils. The vines are approximately 45 years old. Terra Alta sits at the southern tip of Catalonia, where a dry westerly wind off the Ebro Valley moderates the long, hot summers and helps prevent mold in the vineyard without chemical intervention.
The grapes were hand-harvested and spent 4 to 5 days macerating on their skins before gentle pressing and spontaneous fermentation with no added sulfites. That brief skin contact is what turns this wine amber and gives it a texture and grip you would not normally expect from Macabeo. No sulfur is added at any point, consistent with Laureano Serres's practice since 2002.
In the glass it reads amber-gold with aromas of marzipan, orange blossom, dried stone fruit, and a faint almond nuttiness. On the palate the skin contact adds a light tannic structure and some grip, while the high-altitude limestone soils keep acidity alive. It drinks more like a traditional brisat, the local style of skin-contact white, than a modern orange wine constructed for shock value.
This is a wine that sits at the border of white and orange, produced without a plan to make it that way. That spontaneity is very much in keeping with how Mendall operates: decisions made vintage to vintage, based on what the harvest gives.
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