Partida Creus Tinto Natural 2022
15.55€ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
12.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 10ºC and 12ºC
Winemaking
Skin contact for 4 days. Fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for 10 months in 300 liters barrels.
Description
There is something almost monastic in the way Antonella Gerosa and Massimo Marchiori, founders of Partida Creus, devote themselves to the vineyard. Industrial architects of Italian origin, they abandoned the city and its rigours to embrace the rustic authenticity of the Catalan Baix Penedès. Their quest was not for a commercial wine, but for a way of life: to rescue forgotten varieties, to cultivate without artifice and to let the land speak without filters. In their small winery in Bonastre, a village where the vines compete with the wind and the stones, they began a work of viticultural archaeology, rediscovering autochthonous vines that were lying on the verge of oblivion.
Partida Creus Tinto Natural is a living example of that philosophy: an unusual and vibrant blend of Sumoll, Bobal and Ull de Llebre, vinified with minimal intervention to preserve its rawest and most sincere expression. The Sumoll contributes nervous acidity and structure; the Bobal, dark fruit and depth; and the Ull de Llebre, the round backbone that ties the pieces together with a classic echo. Together, they form an unpredictable but coherent trio, like a jazz band improvising from intuition and terroir.
The Baix Penedès offers a scenario that is both harsh and luminous at the same time: chalky soils, poor in organic matter, and a Mediterranean climate lashed by sea winds that cool the nights. Here, the old, non-irrigated vines produce small, concentrated clusters full of character. Everything is grown organically, without pesticides or herbicides, and harvested by hand, with an almost obsessive meticulousness.
Winemaking
Each variety enters the winery and is vinified separately, as if in an intimate conversation with each vine. Maceration is carried out with whole bunches for 4 to 5 days: a brief contact, but enough to extract the essence without overloading it. There are no additives, no corrections, no rushing: the indigenous yeasts, present on the skins and in the cellar atmosphere, spontaneously start the alcoholic fermentation in used 300-litre barrels. After fermentation, the wine rests for 10 months in the same barrels, refining and breathing. Then, an additional month in a stainless steel tank gives it cohesion without detracting from its freshness. There is no filtering, clarification or added sulphites. Partida Creus Tinto Natural is bottled as it came into the world: naked, vibrant, sincere.
Taste
Partida Creus Tinto Natural does not enter the glass, it bursts in. Its colour is light, between ruby and garnet, almost translucent, but don't be fooled by its ethereal appearance: this wine is full-bodied. On the nose, it unfurls with a messy, electrifying energy: fresh raspberries, sour cherry, white pepper, a hint of tomato leaf and graphite, all enveloped in a wild, almost balsamic haze. It is not a polished, gentle wine: it is a wine that bites, that demands attention.
On the palate, the entry is juicy but dry, with a sharp acidity that gives it a contagious nerve. Firm but silky tannins, like fine sandpaper. The red fruit comes through strongly, raw, without make-up, with an earthy, slightly saline note behind it, reminiscent of the stony Mediterranean landscape from which it comes. The finish is refreshing, with an aftertaste reminiscent of hibiscus infusion, sandalwood and a touch of iron.
Partida Creus Tinto Natural is a wine to drink without fear, with lively, no-frills dishes: grilled vegetables, blue fish, artisanal cured meats. But above all, to drink with curiosity and without prejudice.
Shipping to Peninsular Spain
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| 7-12 | 6.90€ | 0.00€ (-6.90€) |
| 13-17 | 12.90€ | 0.00€ (-12.90€) |
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| 24 | Free | 0.00€ (Free) |
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| 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) |
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