Humilitat 2009

Humilitat is the project of two friends sommeliers/vignerons Christophe Brunet and Franck Massard. We wanted to produce a wine from the Priorat featuring its best expression of Terroir, minerality and preserve its freshness which often is missing in this region. For this, we have selected vineyards on steep terraces sheltered from the scorching sun yet sufficiently exposed to reach optimal maturity. The extraction are moderate and the wine nurtured partially in oak to confer stability and complexity yet above all, it is the freshly gathered berries that we wish to express in this particular wine.

Origin

3 villages Porrera, El Molar and Poboleda

Age of the vines: Between 20 and 40 years old

Grape varities

60% Garnacha and 40% Cariñena

Technical data

Alcohol content: 14,9%

Acidity 4,60g/l

PH: 3,68

Vinification

The berries are collected in crates of 10kg capacity. Cool down to 6ºC to allow a cold maceration during several days. Fermentation takes place at 24ºC-26ºC and extraction method is applied by a combination of pumping over and punching-down.

Ageing

We used for this vintage 30% of oak of which 50% were new, French oak medium-toasted

Tasting notes

Humilitat is born to reflect the essence of the Priorat with no oak artifice and a gentle extraction. We still perceive the garrigue and dark mulberry fruit typical of the area, yet the texture is delicate the tannins soft and the finish lingering.

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Technical sheet Humilitat 2009