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Mixtura Blanco 2020
Mixtura WinesA distinct salty minerality on the nose, and an array of pure, clean, limpid white fruit aromas. The palate almost shimmers with tang and vibrancy, and although it has a steely precision, it is balanced by fruit with a peachy pear-like quality and backed by a vivid streak of lemon and mineral acidity.
Appellation
Grape variety
albariño, treixadura
Style
Rich & Round
Format
750 ml
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€39.90
The winemaker
| Winemaker | Country | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Mixtura Wines | Spain | Galicië |
About the winemaker
Winemaker Gutier Seijo has earned his spurs as a winemaker. He is considered one of the pioneers of Galicia and his Mixtura is a project with the old vineyards along the rivers Sil and Miño on the border of Spain and Portugal. The vineyards are located in different regions such as Valdeorras, Bierzo, Ribeira Sacra. Ribeiro and Rias Baixas. All vineyards are worked according to the rules of organic viticulture and the vinification is as natural as possible on concrete eggs and old stockinger barrels. Addition of sulphite is minimal and only during bottling. Mixtura is an ideology rather than a standard wine company. A project in which Gutier can show all his skills as a winemaker with the freedoms of an artist in his studio.
Vineyard management
Practising organics
Details
| Vineyard | Made with treixadura and albariño from three different plots, each exposed to different climates. The treixadura comes exclusively from the Ribeiro area, hand-harvested in different vineyards at altitudes between 90 and 200 meters, with soils of sabrego (decomposed granite). Part of the albariño comes from a vineyard in Condado do Tea, the southernmost subzone of Rías Baixas, bordering Portugal. The vineyard is south-facing, located at an altitude of 400 meters, planted on sandy soils of decomposed granite, with an Atlantic climate warmer than the neighboring Salnés Valley subzone. The other part of the albariño for the blend comes from Melgaço, a village and sub-zone of the Portuguese Vinho Verde D.O. The soils here are also sandy decomposed granite and are influenced by a cool Atlantic climate. |
|---|---|
| Vinification | Hand-harvested. Bunches are selected in the vineyard, with only ideal fruit selected for Mixtura. Fermentation with native yeasts in large format Stockinger foudres, followed by 12 months in the same barrels on the lees. Malolactic fermentation is spontaneous. The wine is then racked into concrete eggs, where it develops for 12 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, with minimal sulfur at bottling. |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Oak aging | No |
| Ageing potential | up to 10 years after harvest |
| Alcohol percentage | 13% |
| Closure | Natural cork |
