Les sorts sycar 2021

les sorts sycar is a cuvée from 60% Syrah from relatively young vine between 25 to 30 years and 40% Carinyena of over 55 years old vines. They grow on the calcareous red clay of the "Les Sorts" vineyards and "Les Tallades". The vineyards are 230 m above sea level near the Ebro river and are slightly inclined to the southwest and partially terraced. Due to the dryness - in 2021 only 230 l/ha - and the consistently low plant density of only 3,000 plants per hectare, the hectares are very good at around 6000 kg/ha.

The born 2021, although sunny and dry, recorded a little more rain than in the previous year. Syrah's reading began in the first week of September, that of Carinyena in the first week of October. The healthy, full tire grapes were read by hand in October and brought to the basement in 15 kg boxes, where they initially had cellar master Alain Gómez Hernández macerated for about 10 days at a 10,000 liter stainless steel tanks. After that, the fermentation was initiated with pure breeding yeast, which lasted another 7 days, followed by biological acid reduction.

The wine was clarified in a natural way by sedimentation by gravity and expanded into new (30%) or in once used 300-liter oak barrels for 13 months-the Syrah in American oak, the Carinyena in French. Then the wine is clarified with vegetable protein, filtered and composed the cuvée. After filling, the finished wine matured in the bottle for another 6 months before it is released for sale.

This excellent wine is also often served in high cuisine. Restaurants such as Street Xo in Madrid, Nectar and Can Bosch in Cambrills and Isop in Barcelona - all with Michelin Stern - likes to lead him in their wine cards.