Partida Creus Bobal 2021
21.55€ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Features
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
12.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 12ºC and 14ºC
Winemaking
Fermented with indigenous yeasts. Aged for 8 months in stainless steel tanks, plus 5 months in bottle.
Description
In the heart of the Baix Penedès, where the sea leaves its salty breath on the hills and the old Roman roads still breathe among forgotten vines, Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerosa -a couple of Italian architects turned winegrowers- decided more than two decades ago to revive native vines that were almost extinct. It was not a commercial decision, but a visceral search for identity, to hear the voice of the land again in its crudest and most authentic dialect. Where others saw abandonment, they saw promise.
Partida Creus Bobal is a radical rarity. A grape traditionally underrated outside its native Levante region, here it is grown in clay-limestone soils of low fertility and great mineral expression, under a dry Mediterranean climate but with maritime influences that temper the nights and slow down ripening. This Catalan version of Bobal is like a forgotten language that is suddenly spoken fluently again, with no frills or filters. In low glass, with biodynamic practices and minuscule yields, this is a grape that does not allow itself to be tamed, and Massimo knows it. That's why he doesn't tame it. He lets it be.
Winemaking
The process for Partida Creus Bobal begins with a selective manual harvest, where only the bunches that have reached their ideal balance between ripeness and acidity are chosen. The grapes are destemmed and undergo a 3-day maceration before beginning alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks.
The wine is aged for 8 months in stainless steel tanks, followed by an additional 5 months in the bottle. The wine is not clarified or filtered, and receives only a minimal dose of sulphur dioxide at bottling, if any. Each bottle is a declaration of principles: as little as possible, the authentic essential.
Taste
Partida Creus Bobal does not try to impress or disguise itself. It expresses itself sincerely, without beating about the bush. Its colour is a translucent ruby red, almost ethereal, which deceives the eye: what follows is pure tension. The nose is wild and lively, with notes of sour cherry, dried hibiscus, wild raspberries and that earthy memory that smells of dry roads after the storm. No oak, no make-up: just vibrant fruit, bitter orange peel, and a very subtle note of graphite.
On the palate, the wine is sharp, direct, like a stroke of black ink on white paper. Pungent acidity, tannin barely marked but present, like a murmur that gives structure without imposing itself. The finish is long, saline, with that echo of dried herbs, lavender, and a minerality that sticks like a stone on the tongue. With each sip, a sensation of raw truth, of a wine that doesn't need to explain anything because it has already said it all.
Ideal for those who seek emotion rather than perfection. A Bobal that, far from its comfort zone, becomes something much more interesting: a voice rescued from oblivion, in its purest form.
Shipping to Peninsular Spain
FREE shipping on orders over 200.00€ or for 18 bottles or more in 6-bottle multiples (24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54 and 60 bottles)Estimated transit time: 2-3 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Over 200.00€ |
|---|---|---|
| 1-6 | 6.90€ | 0.00€ (-6.90€) |
| 7-12 | 6.90€ | 0.00€ (-6.90€) |
| 13-17 | 12.90€ | 0.00€ (-12.90€) |
| 18 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 19-23 | 15.90€ | 0.00€ (-15.90€) |
| 24 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 25-29 | 19.80€ | 0.00€ (-19.80€) |
| 30 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 31-35 | 22.90€ | 0.00€ (-22.90€) |
| 36 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 37-41 | 26.90€ | 0.00€ (-26.90€) |
| 42 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 43-47 | 28.90€ | 0.00€ (-28.90€) |
| 48 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 49-53 | 33.90€ | 0.00€ (-33.90€) |
| 54 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| 55-59 | 35.90€ | 0.00€ (-35.90€) |
| 60 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
| VAT included | ||
