Mixtura

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Mixtura - 2020 Mix Blanco

Price: $34.00
Size: 750ml
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Type of Wine: White
Grape(s): 50% Albariño, 50% Treixadura
Style: Mineral, Elegant and Aromatic

GROWER OVERVIEW

A native of Galicia, Gutier Seijo Otero developed his own project, Mix and Mixtura, in 2019 after nearly a decade at the helm of the historical Ribeira Sacra winery, Dominio do Bibei. Though his winery is in Ribeiro, the project is focused on recovering historical vineyards and native grape varieties in northwestern Spain and Portugal along the Miño and Sil rivers. His wines disregard traditional political boundaries and are labeled without appellation and variety. The project is rooted in a deep respect for the land and culture, using minimal intervention and native yeasts, with Mix largely vinified and aged in small old French oak and Tava amphoras, and Mixtura in concrete eggs and Stockinger barrels.

VINEYARD DETAILS

Mix Blanco comes from vines planted between 1990-2000 at 90-200m with different expositions on medium-sloped sites. It’s composed of 50% Treixadura from Spain’s Ribeiro on granite bedrock with sábrego (decomposed granite with granitic clay and sand) topsoil, and 50% Albariño from Portugal’s Melgaço on decomposed granite with a silty topsoil.

CELLAR NOTES

Natural fermentation for 60 days in amphora at 20°C max. Aged on lees for 11 months in 0.9hl amphora. No malolactic fermentation with no fining or filtration. Total sulfites added 65 mg/L.