Homenatge
Small homages to people, places and bottles that shaped how I think about wine.
Four wines, each a small thank-you.
Homenatge means tribute, and each of these wines is a small thank-you: to the grapes I work with, to the way wine used to be made and drunk, and to the dry, wild landscape of the Massís del Garraf. They are not concept wines and I do not work them heavily. They are straightforward, drinkable bottles that still carry a sense of place, through freshness, salinity, texture and restraint.
Blanc is for the white grapes I work with: light, fresh and easy to drink, with a quiet complexity. Pell is for the wines of the past, the old skin-contact whites with texture and character, here a Xarel·lo made for mouthfeel. Rosat is for the wild Garraf and the boar that roam the vineyards: a fresh Sumoll rosé with red fruit and wild herbs. Negre is for the native black grapes of the Massís, Sumoll again, fresh and vibrant, with red fruit and a saline note.
Grapes from Massís del Garraf, Penedès. Soils are predominantly limestone with sand and clay. All wines from Garraf are ecological.
| Wine | Grapes | Bottles | Alcohol | Residual sugar | pH | Acidity | Ageing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanc | Macabeu, Xarel·lo and Chardonnay | 1,460 | 11 % | <1.0 g/L | 3.3 | 5.1 g/L | Rested on lees |
| Pell | Xarel·lo | 220 | 10.5 % | <1.0 g/L | 3.63 | 4.8 g/L | 15 days on skins, 9 months on lees |
| Rosat | Sumoll | 500 | 11 % | 2.6 g/L | 3.07 | 6.62 g/L | Stainless steel |
| Negre | Sumoll | 900 | 11 % | <2.0 g/L | 3.03 | 6.6 g/L | 14 months, 75% in used French barrels |
Full tech sheets for each wine are on the Trade page.
