Alegre y Valgañón Viura 2023 -STOCKTAKE- clos-lapeyre Bittersweet and enticingly tart

Bittersweet and enticingly tart

Unctuous and fluid mouth where mix rancio and candied orange

It is best paired with pasta and rich fish such as salmon and tuna

is the shimmering acidity

red-fruited freshness flecked with sweet spice and hints of garrigue

Alegre y Valgañón Viura 2023 -STOCKTAKE- clos-lapeyre Bittersweet and enticingly tartThe fruit is from old bush vines from the Obarenes villages, Galbrruli (la Calera vineyard) and Fonzaleche (Bahiarra and Cara Santa Domingo), at around 600m altitude. Viura with 10% Garnacha Blanca. Very gently pressed, only 55% of the must is retained (4500 kg yielded just 2200 litres). A cool fermentation starts in vat and after a week continues in large French oak, where the wine stays nine months with weekly batonnage. 3. 1pH. A long lived,