Producer: Celler La Salada
Region: Penedès-Pla de Penedès—Without Geographical Indication
Vintage: 2024
Bottle: 75 cl
Grape Varieties: 85% Macabeu, 10% Xarelo, and 5% Sumoll
Type: Natural Orange Wine—Ecologic
Alcohol Volume: 9% vol.
Serving Temperature: 7º - 9º
El Pagès Content Orange is an orange, ecological, and natural artisanal wine, a blend of Macabeo with a smaller proportion of Xarel·lo and Sumoll. Grapes sourced from organically farmed vineyards planted in El Pla del Penedès in the early 1990s.
Hand-harvested, without destemming, foot-trodden, macerated for two weeks, and fermented with indigenous yeasts in a concrete "cup". Aged for 4 months in the same small cement "cup". SO₂: <10 mg/l.
Tasting Notes: Orange Natural Wine. Ripe white fruit scents, citrus notes, and Mediterranean herbs. Fresh, lively, fruity, and mineral on the palate, with a light saline finish.
THE PROJECT
Toni Carbó, the winemaker linked to Mas Candí, launched in 2011 together with his wife, Anna Serra, their own personal project, always faithful to their way of understanding viticulture. They are part of a new generation of artisan vignerons, producers of natural wines who seek the most authentic and honest expression of the terroir and work with the utmost respect for the environment.
La Salada is the name of their project, as well as the name of the farmhouse where both his grandfather and great-grandfather worked quite hard all their lives, a homage to both of them as lifelong winegrowers. Toni has taken over the family's vineyards, vines that have never seen any chemicals, and he continues to work organically. He cultivates the vineyard in the most natural way possible: harvesting by hand, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, ageing taking place in stainless steel vats and amphorae, and never adding sulphur. At the Bodega La Salada, Toni has developed a range of natural wines, all of which are honest, unique wines with a marked Mediterranean character.
