PLOT 03 · PLA DE MANLLEU · 1973 · 1992
Vinya de Dalt
A vineyard the old way: several grape varieties mixed in the same rows. Xarel·lo, Selma, Malvasia, Parellada and Moneu, planted in 1973 and 1992 in Pla de Manlleu, Alt Camp.
A field blend
Farmers used to plant different varieties together: if one struggled in a given year, another saved the harvest. Vinya de Dalt is still like that, so every bottle is a portrait of the whole vineyard.
The soil is clay. Clay holds water while limestone lets it drain: two ways of feeding the vines, two different wines. Along the edges, Arbequina olive trees go into Branca oil.
How I farm it
Biodynamically, with no synthetic products at all. I protect the vines with horsetail and nettle, trichoderma that I grow myself, and preparations 500 and 501. For two years now I have used almost no copper or sulphur.
I prune in winter, remove extra shoots by hand in spring and harvest by hand, in small crates, with friends. Every treatment goes into the field notebook: what, how much and why.
What it makes
Vinya de Dalt: 70% Xarel·lo and 30% Selma, 14 days of carbonic maceration, no press. Cloudy, bright, lively and sharp. Only 66 bottles exist.
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