Winery: Sandra Doix Celler                                 

Region: Catalonia - D.O.Q. Priorat

Vintage: 2021                      

Bottle: 75 cl                                                    

Grape Varieties: 100% Pedro Ximénez

Type:  White wine un-oaked

Alcohol Volume: 13% vol.

Serving Temperature: 16º - 18º 

MarLa Blanc Peculiar is the single-varietal Pedro Ximénez white wine from the personal project of the winemaker and viticulturist Sandra Doix in Poboleda. A wine from an active agriculture of a sixth generation from 45-year-old Coster vines.

Production:

The grapes are selected both in the vineyard and in the winery. They are pressed directly, and the must is fermented without the skins. When the fermentation is finished, it rests on its lees, which gives it a round and unctuous mouthfeel.

Total production of 600 bottles.

Tasting Notes: 

A wine that highlights the freshness and the varietal character of the Pedro Ximénez. Displaying floral notes and a hint of fresh honey. It exhibits a lively, refreshing acidity and a hint of salinity in the mouth.

THE WINERY

Marla is Sandra Doix's deeply personal project, based in her hometown of Poboleda. A project that defends the origin of the autochthonous grape, based on the centenary carignan vines of the family vineyards for the elaboration of her high-quality wines. Sandra Doix is an oenologist and winemaker, the sixth generation of a family with a long winemaking tradition in the Priorat village of Poboleda.
The project is housed in the old family winery of Mas Doix, where she works on 5 hectares of her ancestors' very old vineyards, some of which were planted in 1902 with native varieties: Carignan, Black Grenache, White Grenache, Macabeo and Pedro Ximénez. Sandra is assisted in the project by her parents and husband, both in the vineyard and in the winery.

Sandra has created two wines in her first vintage of 2019: a Vi de Vila "Poboleda" and a Vi de Paratge. Wines that add value and defend the native grape's heritage and the singular vineyard where they come from.