Vinyes Tortuga Blanco Fruita Analogica
$34.00
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Vintage: 2020
Region: Catalunya, Portugal
Viticulture: Organic, Biodynamic
Grape varieties: Xarel-lo and Macabeo
Vinyes Tortuga Blanco Fruita Analogica is a 50/50 Xarel-lo and Macabeo from organically grown plots, macerated for one week on the skins.
Song: Let It Loose by The Rolling Stones
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER
About Vinyes Tortuga Blanco Fruita Analogica
Vinyes Tortuga Blanco Fruita Analogica is a 50/50 Xarello and Macabeo from organically grown plots on schist and slate soils in the Alt Empordá from parcels within 9.5ha of estate vineyards. Grapes are hand-harvested, destemmed, with 1-week maceration on the skins, then pressed into fiberglass tanks where it continues aging on the lees for around 6 months. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, and zero So2. Only 8,000 bottles produced.
About Vinyes Tortuga
Dido & Jurriaan are a Dutch couple who share many passions but most importantly, they both love wine. They’ve traveled across the world making wine ultimately settling in the Alt-Empordà region of Spain, where through a crowdfunding campaign they bought 10 hectares of planted vines in the natural reserve of Albera. They live amidst their vines where their home and winery are completely self-sufficient using solar power and drawing water from their well.
They’re currently farming Garnacha, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Tannat, and Barbera. All of their work in the vineyard is done organically while their wines are made without additives in the cellar. 2018 marked the first vintage making wine from their own grapes focusing on restoring the vineyards, converting them to biodynamics, and grafting to other (white) varieties.
They’ve worked for big industrial companies as well as for small boutique wineries but it was their time with Joan Ramon Escoda that really changed their approach to winemaking and introduced them to the world of natural wine. There they learned that in order to make good natural wine, they learned that the focus needed to be on the vineyard, working as naturally as possible to produce high-quality grapes.
The names of the wines derive from album titles or songs that they often listen to. Vintage 2018 marked the birth of JUICY, Hunky Dory, Hurdy Gurdy, Mojo Pin, Sugar Magnolia, and Magic Potion.