Description
A pioneer in the Garnacha Blanca style, different works are carried out to extract the best virtues from each vineyard. In the younger vineyards an earlier harvest is carried out, to enhance the acidity and the more primary fruit; the older vineyards are harvested in a more advanced state of maturation.
Ramon Roqueta, a Garnacha lover, develops his project Lafou celler in the Terra Alta. A vineyard of its own, located in Mas Gabrielet, a farm located to the north of the municipality of Punt (Tarragona). As a result, they obtain elaborations with varietal typicity and with the character of the terroir.
Board Characteristics
Store: Own Vineyards, in LaFou Celler, Batea (Tarragona)
DO Terra Alta
Add: 2016
Grade: 14,5%
Variety: 85% Red and hairy Grenache, 15% Samsó
Operating temperature: 16ºC
CATA's notes: Deep cherry color, it presents a wide array of aromatic sensations. Nuances of raw hazelnut, red fruit and balsamic memories of undergrowth, which later evolve into notes of plum and black olive.
In the mouth, it provides a fresh entry that refers to the fruit, a good acidity that balances the sweetness of the Garnacha well and a long finish.
Preparation: Batea's LaFou It comes from vines between 40 and 70 years old, planted in predominantly calcareous soils, with a clay and clay-loam texture at an altitude of more than 350 meters above the sea. Yields are low and
a manual harvest is carried out. Upon entering the winery, the grape goes through a cold room where it is cooled down to 5ºC. After de-stemming, fermentation is carried out in small open stainless steel tanks, with an aerial piegage system. Aged for 12 months in 300-liter Central European oak barrels and in concrete eggs.
Pairing: en Made in Spain Gourmet We recommend it with mushrooms, Roasts, Semi-cured goat or sheep cheeses, Grilled red meats, Roasted red meats. Iberian sausages and acorn-fed ham.
The DO Terra Alta, the inland Mediterranean
The area of production and elaboration of the DO "Terra Alta" (DOTA) is located in the south of Catalonia, between the Ebro river and the border with Aragonese lands and includes the 12 municipalities of the Terra Alta region.
Its landscape maintains all the characteristic features of an inland terroir close to the Mediterranean Sea: pre-coastal limestone mountain ranges (Puertos de Horta, Sierras de Pàndols i Cavalls), small rivers (the Algars and the Canaletes), mountains of conglomerate rock, holm oak forests and white pine and above all, agricultural soils stained with the typical Mediterranean crops: almond, vine and olive.
Within this framework, three clearly differentiated landscape units of agricultural interest must be added: La Plana, the Altiplano and the Valleys.
Features
Vineyards
The vineyard is present in all the landscape units of La Plana, the Altiplano and the Valleys and is especially concentrated in the central third of the production area, between 350 and 550 meters above sea level.
The terrace is the most common cultivation unit and is a consequence of the interaction of the cultivation with the varied orography that the land presents, arranging it on different slopes and orientations, often between dry stone walls -the margins- or covered slopes. plant, both contributing to avoid loss of crop soil by erosion.
The most traditional terrace locations are the plains and the slopes, differentiated by slopes of less than or greater than 10%, respectively. The rest of the vineyards are found on terraced terraces, the terraces, and the bottoms of the valleys, practically without slope and therefore with a greater use of water.
As a result of these interactions with the terroir and the viticultural culture, in most vintages, the practice of viticulture in DOTA is friendly to the environment and the vintage is characterized by presenting an optimal phytosanitary status, ripe grapes and great oenological value. for the elaboration of protected wines.
Origin and Quality
The "Terra Alta", some wines with a guarantee of origin and certified quality
In Europe, wine is the pioneer product in terms of protected designations of origin (PDO). The existing link between the product and the territory is explained through the terroir (geographical situation, geomorphology, climatology); vineyards and grape varieties; the culture (history, tradition, know-how) and the types of wines that enjoy this recognition.
Throughout the world, where vine cultivation is possible, the possibilities of interaction between all the elements that characterize these aspects are so enormous that it is practically impossible to find two identical fine wines.
Today the European Union establishes the main guidelines that should govern the GUARANTEE OF ORIGIN AND QUALITY of products protected by a geographical indication or PDO, traditionally called, in the case of wines, "designation of origin" (DO).
Israel Romero -
It came with power and a very pleasant aftertaste.