2020 Blanc Fugitiu

Fifty year old Xarel-Lo vines that have seen a fair bit of skin contact once the fruit was plucked. From stainless, to oak and finally to rest in amphora, this wine is full of rockmelon, orange, sage and wet stones. Ferran Lacruz is a young winemaker who only started his project, Bodega Clandestina, in 2018. He works only with local grapes, mostly Xarel-Lo and small parcels of the rarely seen Carignan Blanc. He believes in uses the whole of the fruit, so everything he makes has skin contact. ...Read More...

Fifty year old Xarel-Lo vines that have seen a fair bit of skin contact once the fruit was plucked. From stainless, to oak and finally to rest in amphora, this wine is full of rockmelon, orange, sage and wet stones. Ferran Lacruz is a young winemaker who only started his project, Bodega Clandestina, in 2018. He works only with local grapes, mostly Xarel-Lo and small parcels of the rarely seen Carignan Blanc. He believes in uses the whole of the fruit, so everything he makes has skin contact. The whole grape or nothing. Catalonia is a hub for these smaller, passionate winemakers and Ferran is very much a part of that, leading the way with his esoteric wines. 

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