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Spain | Penedès | Avinyó | Petillant

Petillant

VARIETALS
70% Muscat, 20% Macabeo, and 10% Xarel-lo

NOTES
FARMING: Organic

SOIL: Sand, clay calcareous, & sandy loam

VINEYARD: : Estate vines planted from 1945 to 2017. La Guardia & Can Fontanals at 250m to 275m

VINIFICATION: After a nighttime harvest, the grapes are very gently pressed in a pneumatic press. The alcoholic fermentation occurs with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks between 14°C and 16°C. The wine is then cold stabilized before the beginning of secondary fermentation in stainless steel tanks with the addition of yeast and cane sugar.