‘Cartoixa Mari’

Xarel-lo, Catalonia, Spain 

If Elvis’s pink cadillac was transformed into a beverage, this would be the one. Innovative and restless oenologist, viticulturist and sommelier, Eduard Pie Palomar, is organically farming 18 acres of family owned and rented vineyards. Working exclusively with local grapes & fermentations in amphorae (aka clay pots). FUN FACTS! Some amphorae live underground between vineyard rows (bubbling away under the rain, snow and grazing sheep) because he wants to ferment only with the wild yeasts from the vineyard, not those living in the winery. This way, he says, "the wines breathe in the same soils in which they were grown, with the same vibrations”. Certified organic alongside practicing biodynamic farming techniques, these 25 year-old vines on calcareous soil are a mere 6 km from the sea (can you say location, location, location?). Macerated whole-cluster for 10 days brings structure and rose-petal textured tannins. Petrichor, oyster salinity, straw bale, grapefruit essential oil, campari & dehydrated orange peel. Enjoy on a celebrity’s yacht somewhere in the Mediterranean.