Producer: Oriol Artigas Viticultors
Region: Alella – Barcelona – Without Appellation of Origin
Vintage: 2022
Bottle: 7 cl
Grape Varieties: 50% Merlot, 20% Garnacha, 20% Syrah, Mataró and Sumoll
Type: Natural Red wine aged in inox
Alcohol Volume: 10.5 % vol.
Serving Temperature: 14º - 16º
El Rall is a natural red wine, a new bottling from Oriol. A blend of all the red grape varieties in the winery. Grapes are growing close to the Mediterranean Sea.
Production:
Harvested by hand, some macerated whole clusters, some destemmed, crushed, and pressed, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wine spends 7 months in stainless steel tanks (80%) and in oak barrels (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.
THE WINERY
Oriol Artigas is a young vigneron with clear ideas and a firm determination to produce wines that adhere to his philosophy of minimal intervention. He follows the pattern of many young winemakers like himself, who, after having worked elsewhere, return to their origins to start their own personal projects and, with plenty of experience, enormous talent, and a restless spirit, manage to succeed in creating unique and personal wines.
Oriol returns to his hometown, the small village of Vilassar de Dalt in the Alella region, just a few kilometres north of Barcelona, to the terroir he knows so well and sees great potential for his personal project.
A firm supporter of organic farming, he cultivates the vineyard in the most natural way possible: harvested by hand, spontaneous fermentations with indigenous yeasts, and ageing 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 more; all of them are honest, straightforward wines with a marked Mediterranean character.
