Celler Jordi Llorens2
About
Jordi Llorens is an 8th generation grape grower and winemaker whose family has lived in the Conca de Barberà region of Catalonia since the 1700s. Jordi became the steward of his family’s property in 2008 and has taken meticulous care of it from the start. He plows every other row, uses green compost and cover crops, and somehow manages to create beautifully verdant vineyards in an arid region. One of his most special vineyards forms an amphitheater overlooking the valley near his hometown of Blancafort. His wines are unique, idiosyncratic reflections of the area he farms and his own personality: dichotomies of fresh and ripe, light and rich, always pure, occasionally rustic. The whites have varying degrees of skin contact, and the reds are rich, but easy to drink and full of life. Jordi’s wines speak to the Catalan way of life and a dedication to his family’s legacy of ensuring that the land is cared for and looked after for the next generation.
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Kremo
Blancafort, Conca de Barberà
Macabeu and parellada from 80 year old vines growing at approx 600masl, from a particularly hot and arid vintage. Semi carbonic maceration for 2 weeks, before pressing off into amphora for 6 months. An undeniably solar wine, with the boldness of macabeu softened by the mineral freshness of parellada. With notes of lavendar, black tea, angelica root, and nutmeg, and the fibrous tension of amphora aged wines, this is reminiscent of the famous amber wines of northern Italy and Georgia.
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Ancestral de la Cristina
Blancafort, Conca de Barberà
Old vine macabeu growing on intensely alkaline limestone at 600 metres above sea level. Gentle maceration over four days, fermentation in stainless. The wine finished it’s sugars in bottle and spent 12 months ageing on the lees before disgorging. A crisp, chiselled ancestral with texture from the skins, the nose is lively with ripe stone fruits and toasted almonds. Wonderfully refreshing with a moreish sapidity on the finish.
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