Macabeo
Terme de Laureano Blanc 2024
Mendall

Grape Variety: Macabeo

Producer: Mendall (Laureano Serres & Alicia Serres)

Region: Terra Alta, Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain

Vegan friendly wine

Wild Scale: 4/5

13% alcohol

Winemaking: Organic Macabeo grapes from 60 year old vines were harvested by hand. Direct press before fermentation with indigenous yeast in stainless steel tanks. Bottled with no fining, filtration or added sulphur. 

This Wine: Natural white wine with a medium body. A salty and mineral expression of old vine Macabeo that is full of citrus and fresh acidity (the plot is 500m above sea level!) Precise and clean for a Mendall wine and should age very well. Serve with fish. 

Notes on the Winemaker: Laureano Serres is a legendary Catalan winemaker based in the region of Tarragona, south of Barcelona. This is a dry and rugged region where he made a name for himself by producing rustic and honest wines under the Mendall name since 1999. The elevation in Terra Alta brings freshness and acidity to the wines and there is usually a sense of wildness to each bottle that reflects the terroir here perfectly. Laureano is also credited with being a founding member of the Brutal movement as well as starting the annual wine fair H2O Vegetal in Barcelona. He is now passing on his knowledge and experience to his daughter Alicia.