2024 Nanclares y Prieto 'Coccinella' Albarino Rias Baixas, Spain Cynar Practicing biodynamics

Practicing biodynamics

Pedro Balda only produces 2

planted next to one another over limestone and marl in ‘En Arces’ in Arbois

28ha parcel owned by Clarisse’s family for over 100 years

ambient yeast fermentation with pumpovers and a few punch downs

2024 Nanclares y Prieto 'Coccinella' Albarino Rias Baixas, Spain Cynar Practicing biodynamics100% Albario from the oldest centenarian vines of Alberto and Silvias Ixertal parcel. Inxertal faces south west, and the soils are sandy and granitic. The grapes were harvested by hand, sorted, and gently pressed without destemming in whole bunches using a pneumatic press. The juice ferments with its native yeasts in 400L used French oak barrel, before resting on its lees in the same barrel for 11 months, with weekly batonnage for the first 3 months.