Producer: Oriol Artigas Viticultors
Region: Alella – Barcelona – Without Apellation of Origin
Vintage: 2019
Bottle: 75cl
Grape Varieties: 50% Merlot, 20% Garnacha, 20% Syrah, Mataró and Sumoll
Type: Natural Red wine aged in inox
Alcohol Volume: 12.5%
Serving Temperature: 14º - 16º
Production: Oriol Artigas is a young vigneron with clear ideas and firm determination to produce wines always under its philosophy of minimal intervention. He follows the pattern of many young winemakers like himself, who after having worked elsewhere, return to their own place to start their own project, with plenty of experience, great talent and a restless spirit, manage to succeed in creating unique and personal wines. Oriol returns to his home place in the small village of Vilassar de Dalt in the region of Alella, just a few kilometres north of Barcelona, to the terroir he knows so well, and in which he sees a great potential to base his personal project. An avid supporter of organic farming, he cultivates the vineyard in the most natural way possible, harvested by hand, spontaneous fermentations with indigenous yeasts, ageing taking place in stainless steel vats, and will never add sulphur. At the Bodega Mas Pellisser, Oriol is making a wide range of wines and still adding, all of them are honest, straight-forward wines with a marked Mediterranean character.
El Rall is a natural red wine, a new bottling from Oriol. A blend from all the red grape varieties of the winery. Grapes growing close to the Mediterraneam sea. Harvested by hand, some macerated whole cluster, some destemmed, crushed and pressed, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wine spends 7 months in stainless steel tanks 80% and in oak barrel 20%. The wine is sold without any appellation of Origin. SO2: <4 mg/l.
Tasting Notes: Natural wine, medium weight with soft tannins, dark fruit, hints of dried herbs and some salinity notes. Fluid and fresh.
