Mas Goma | Brisat Catalan | Xarel-lo 2024 | 1L | Penedes, Spain
Mas Goma | Brisat Catalan | Xarel-lo 2024 | 1L | Penedes, Spain
Catalonia has been doing this for 300 years.
Before modern winemaking equipment existed in Catalonia, farmers couldn't separate juice from grape skins -- so they left them together and made something interesting instead. Mas Goma is a family farm that's been on the same land since 1724. Joan and his father grow 60-year-old vines using biodynamic methods and make this wine the old Catalan way: part of the juice spends time on the skins, part goes straight to press, nothing added. The result is golden, a little hazy, and totally its own thing.
This is the bottle you bring to the dinner party where someone has a good cheese spread and tinned fish on the table. It goes with all of it. It's also the one that makes you the interesting person -- not because you explain it, but because it tastes like nothing else anyone has opened that night.
Serve cold. Let people find it on their own.
Green Packaging: Lightweight 1L bottle
Flavor: Golden, textural, citrusy, wild
Wine Type: Skin-contact white
Grape: Gruner Veltliner, Riesling, and other Viennese varieties
ABV%: 11.5
Region: Spain
Vineyard Subregion: Penedes, Catalonia, Les Cabanyes; limestone soils; 60+ year old vines
Farming: Practicing biodynamic
Yeast: Native
Producer: Mas Goma
Winemaker: Joan Manel Vendrell
Drink thoughtfully. Drink with a conscience. Drink with impact.
You can feel good when you enjoy your wine, knowing it is made by people who give a damn about the bigger picture.
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