2019 Partida Creus SM

WINEMAKER: Antonella Gerosa & Massimo Marchiori
REGION: Catalunya, SP
VARIETAL: Sumoll
VITICULTURE: Organic

Upon first opening there’s a rustic charm. But what a difference 10 minutes makes. Lifted red fruits, breezy and with clarity on the nose. This is a wine that isn’t afraid of oxygen, in-fact it wants it. Soft tannins wrap around carob, plums and red fruits. Cherries, a little garrigue. Sappy. Finesse. It becomes more serious the longer its open, white pepper and spice. Incredibly alive and structured, it's got years ahead of it.

Hailing from Piemonte, qualified architects Antonella Gerosa & Massimo Marchiori purchased an isolated property in Bonastre in 2001, yearning for a simpler lifestyle, to grow their own produce and reconnect with the land. Surrounded by a protected forest, planted with almond and olive trees, interspersed with rosemary, thyme and Mediterranean scrub, the couple soon discovered an abandoned vine of Sumoll, a forgotten indigenous Catalan varietal.