2018 Casa di Si Jesus Angel Grenache
Calatuyud, Spain
Old vine Grenache from the historic and mountainous region of Calatuyud, Spain. Ole!
$75.00
Out of Stock
Savoury red, delicious, wonderful, lovely. I’m in.
Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
About the Wine
Some wines just emanate magic and resonate with it. This is one of those. Taken from a single hectare of 100 year old vines, which grow at 900 metres asl. The region is the old kingdom of Aragon, Spain. More specifically Calatayud.
Dry grown with no pesticides used. The fruit was hand selected before seeing a portion of whole bunch fermentation and pressed into old puncheons. There, it sat and developed for two years before resting in bottle for another six months.
Oh, jeez. This is seriously good stuff. It's dense and concentrated, but at no time does it ever look unapproachable. Like a lot of Spanish reds, the focus here is on drinkability rather than complexity - but there is a lot of complexity going on too. Dried cherries and fresh cranberries, cocoa powder, Mediterranean herbs, coffee grounds and some game all come through. Tannins are structural, and built to last, but not intrusive. This is what good wine, what great wine, is all about.
About Casa di Si
Casa di Si is very much the passion project of Sarah Morris and Iwo Jakimowicz, the husband and wife team behind Si Vintners in Margaret River.
Because wine making in one country wasn't stressful enough, the couple purchased some vines in the high country of Calatuyud in the Aragon province of Spain. They now own some old Grenache stock which they make in the 'off season' of wine growing in Australia.
All the fruit is farmed organically and hand selected. Much like Si Vintners, you can expect clarity of flavour, layers of texture and an honest expression of fruit from Casa di Si.
Sarah and Iwo
From the Producer
"We are about natural farming. We aim to truly express the land upon which our vines grow, with minimal intervention in both the vineyard and winery. This is 100 year old vine grenache from the mountains. :)"
Blend : Grenache (100%)
ABV : 13.5%
Closure : Cork
Drink Until : 2045
Bottle Size : 750ml
Calatuyud, Spain
Critic Reviews
"Excellent wine that teeters between juicy, darker fruited red and something more gossamer, flighty and fresh. A distinct alpine lift to the wine, sandy tannins swishing through and strong, graphite minerally character, oh, and some game meat too. Savoury red, delicious, wonderful, lovely. I’m in." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)
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