AA Ancestral - 2019
Partida Creus - Massimo Marchiori & Antonella Gerosa
Xarel.lo, Macabeu - CT - CT
@storemuffi
- 30 Jul. 2019
Posted by users:
8.6 / $48 / zero / Selections de la Vina / OK, so a few clarifications are in order. "Anonimo Ancestral" is not a varietal. Roughly translates to "anonymous collection of grapes we didn't really keep track and in the pet nat style". Catalan speakers feel free to mock me, i mean no disrespect. My ignorant attempt at translation is purely based in humble respect. Jeez, no clues for a neophyte like myself. I feel like there are some white grapes and red grapes in there. It's def not an orange wine as my designation indicates, but prolly a blend of red and white grapes. I feel pretty certain i taste some xarello (i know they grow a lot of that and I've had their single varietal version, I'm no expert, i just work with what i know and taste). No real skin contact, except possibly in the smallest percentage that was maybe fermented independently. There is a tiny tickle of tannic grip on the back of the tongue, that's my favorite part - gives this wine some structure that might otherwise be a little flabby. Nice bubbles. Not assertive and last through it's opening. This is about the highest I'd rate a $48 any wine, let alone a field blend pet nat. It's great and all, but if i have $100, I'm getting three Furlani pet nats, not two of these. Being honest. Tasting notes: bright warm hay, prickly pear, slightly under ripe strawberries, "big red" cream soda. Pair with: Giant smoked beef rib and some heavy mustard potato salad with fermented cucumber pickles and dry, sunny, warm, Texas weather. Let's go!
Light, refreshing, dry and easy to devour.
Great texture. Nice acidity. With amazing dry fruit.
