‘Proscrito’

Palomino & Grenache, Valdeorras, Galicia, Spain 

We’ve long been obsessed with La Perdida, a tiny natural winemaking project from one of Galicia’s brightest stars, Nacho Gonzalez. A biologist by training, Nacho makes a very small amount of wine – 300 cases annually! – from remote, old vine sites using organic and biodynamic techniques, honing in on the historically important grapes Garnacha Tintorera and Palomino, which have been co-planted together for decades. But this dark rosé is about as traditional as candy-flipping at Coachella, a blend of mostly Palomino with a splash of Garnacha that was destemmed, skin-fermented in Spanish tinajas (amphora) and aged in French oak before being bottled unfined, unfiltered and unsulphured. Pours a hot, Holt Renfrew magenta with notes of stomped berries, Shirley Temple, electric rhubarb & tomato stem with a long, vibrato finish. Pair with Queen’s 1985 Live Aid concert, watched in one sitting.