Rupestris 2024

Pardas, Penedes, Spain

Rupestris comes from Latin and means “of the rocks” or “growing among rocks.” very fitting for this wine. It reflects the raw character of limestone soils and the ancestral spirit of the Penedès. Produced from traditional white varieties : Xarel·lo and Malvasia de Sitges, grown on shallow limestone slopes at Finca Can Comas. The wine expresses both tension and purity. A brief maturation in concrete tanks adds texture and finesse, resulting in a fresh, mineral-driven wine.

Farming
Organic Certified

Harvest Method
Hand harvest

Varietal
Xarel.lo, Malvasia

Age of Vineyard
Planted around 1991

Vessel
Concrete tanks

Vineyard Yield
30 hl/ha

Soil Type
Poor chalky-clayey soils for xarel.lo vineyards 

Deep alluvial loamy and slity soils for Malvasia vineyards

Annual Production
34400 bottles

Vinification

Destemmed crushed and filled the tanks by gravity. Free-run must 55%. No industrial yeast used. Fermentation starts spontaneously in concrete tanks during 20 days at 17º. 45 days in tanks doing battonage every 10-15 days; later aged for 3 months in its lees in concrete tanks. No malolactic fermentation, no finning agents used.