Xarel Lo
Blanc Fugitiu 2022
Bodega Clandestina

Grape Variety: Xarel Lo

Producer: Bodega Clandestina (Ferran Lacruz)

Region: Alt Penedès, Catalunya, Spain

Wild Scale: 2/5

Vegan friendly wine

Winemaking: Biodynamic Xarel Lo grapes from a single plot were hand harvested and fermented with the skins with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tanks. Bottled with no filtration, fining or added sulphur.  

This Wine: Natural wine that drinks more like a white despite the 3 weeks of skin contact. Delicately textured with complex aromas of apple, citrus, jasmine, a touch of spice and something marine-like. Great, refreshing acidity. 

Notes on the Winemaker: Ferran Lacruz is a young winemaker in his home region of Penedès, Catalonia who wants to honour the winemaking history and potential future of this region that fell victim to industrialised winemaking in the 1980s. He uses biodynamic practices in the vineyards and never adds anything in the cellar.