Mendall Es-Te Garnatxa Primeur 2020
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| Management number | 253563180 | Release Date | 2026/10/24 | List Price | CA$14.40 | Model Number | 253563180 | ||
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Es-Te Garnatxa Primeur is a red wine made from organically farmed Grenache (Garnatxa) by Laureano Serres of Mendall, based in El Pinell de Brai in the Terra Alta DO of Catalonia, Spain. The "Primeur" designation signals an early-bottled, fresh-fruit-forward style, released young to capture bright aromatics and immediacy rather than extended aging. No sulfites are added at any stage.
Mendall's vineyards sit on limestone soils at elevations reaching up to 500 meters above sea level in the Terra Alta highlands. Viticulture since 2017 has been concentrated around the village of Vilalba dels Arcs at the lieu-dit Terme de Guiu, a limestone amphitheater planted to massale selections of red, white, and grey Garnatxa alongside old Carignan and Macabeo. The combination of calcareous soils, significant diurnal temperature swings, and drying northerly cierzo winds produces grapes with structure and freshness not typical of the region's hot interior.
Winemaking is fully zero-intervention: native yeast fermentation, no fining, no filtration, and no added sulfites at any point. Laureano has worked without SO2 additions since 2002, when he accidentally omitted it from a cuvee and preferred the result. The Primeur style means the wine is bottled early, preserving primary red fruit character and keeping the texture light and direct.
Grenache at altitude on limestone tends toward red cherry, raspberry, and garrigue-inflected spice, with soft tannins and a fresh, food-friendly acidity. The zero-sulfite, unfiltered approach means the wine is a live, evolving product best stored cool and consumed with some food.
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