Borgesio Alegal Calabres 750ml

The Alegal is a tiny production wine coming from the mountains of Salamanca in the Sierra de Francia. A small, quarter-hectare plot of nearly 100 year old vines produce the local type of Garnacha that is known there as Calabrés. The name comes from when the Diocese of Calabria passed through Salamanca long, long ago, and now is a grape that is hardly found anymore. Hand-harvested from bush vines, the grapes were brought to the cellar of Daniel Ramos in El Tiemblo for its vinification. After a de-stemming and crushing of the grapes, natural fermentation only took about 2 weeks due to the low alcohol of this particular Garnacha, and was then racked into a single, 225-liter used French barrel. Only a touch of sulfur was added at bottling for the 300 bottles produced in 2015. The aromatics are wild with herbs, violets, blackberries, crushed rock, leather, and lavender. In the mouth it has a juicy base of ripe mountain fruit, high desert shrub, savory yet spicy dark chocolate, scrumptious tannins, and balanced acidity


REGION/ ORIGIN: Salamanca (Castilla) , Sierra de Francia

WINEMAKER: Daniel Ramos

VINTAGE: 2015

WINERY ESTABLISHED: 1998

VARIETALS: 100% Calabrés (Garnacha)

VINEYARD(S); .25 hectares (Miranda del Castañar)

ALCOHOL 13.3%

AGE OF VINEYARD(S); 95 year old vines (planted in 1920)

FERMENTATION: Plastic vat Indigenous yeasts

SOIL TYPE; Granite & sand

AGING: 15 months

ELEVATION; 750 meters

VESSELS :Used 225L French oak

FARMING METHODS: Natural (no certifications)

FILTER/FINING:None