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VINA ZORZAL PUNTO DE FUGA CORRAL DEL MATE
The 2019 Punto de Fuga Corral del Mate is from their joint venture with Matías Michelini from Argentina. It comes from a 0.53-hectare plot within the paraje Corral de los Altos on limestone, schist and alluvial soils and was fermented with 100％ full clusters in 1,000-liter vats and matured in a used 500-liter oak barrel for 15 months.
It has the finesse of the Lecciones de Vuelo and the ripeness and depth of theSeñorade las Alturas, so it’s quite complete with the purity and freshness that seems to define their style, with imperceptible oak and varietal character but with great complexity and nuance.It’s medium-bodied and reveals very fine，chalky tannins and terrific balance, finishing dry with the limestone sensation. A wine to convince terroir deniers … Only 660 bottles of this low-yielding vintage were filled in July 2021.
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VINA ZORZAL LECCIONES DE VUELO (BY FREDI TORRES)
The 2019 Lecciones de Vuelo（by Fredi Torres）was produced together with the Galician / Swiss / Priorat winemaker Fredi Torres.They selected Garnacha from a very stony plot in Pontigos that fermented with 5％white grapes and full clusters in a 1,000-liter vat with indigenous yeasts and later matured in a 700-liter Nomblot concrete egg and a used 500-liter oak barrel for 15 months.
It has a bright red ruby color and a bright red nose with a mixture of wild berries,flowers and herbs that is quite attractive but also subtle. There’s purity and balance; the wine seems fragile, but it’s well built. It has pungent and lasting flavors and finishes very clean and precise.There is great finesse.It has an impactful label a fun combination of the zorza/ (thrush bird and a Swiss Army knife. 1,450 bottles were filled in February 2021.
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VINA ZORZAL MATIAS MICHELINI GARNACHE
Another of the reds from the paraje El Corral de los Altos in Fitero is the 2019MatíasMichelini GarnaCHE produced by Matías Michelini from a 0.84-hectare plot in the zone. He fermented the grapes in an open pool and open-top barrels with full clusters and indigenous yeasts and matured the wine in three used 500-liter oak barrels and a 1,200 Flextank plastic egg for one year.
This is very young and primary, with the wild and slightly raw style from Michelini, with the slight influence from the stems，with abundant, grainy tannins and a vibrant finish. This is going to develop nicely in bottle, and the earthiness and the wilderness should be softened by the time in bottle. 3,600 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2021.
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VINA ZORZAL GARNACHA
The incredibly young and juicy 2020 Garnacha was produced with grapes from different villages，CorellaCintruénigo, Fitero and Lerga, hence a regional blend that for the first time contains grapes from the cooler Lerga that adds lower pH, more freshness and complexity to the blend. They do a soft extraction in stainless steel using 20％full clusters and indigenous yeasts achieving a wine with moderate alcohol（13.47％）and good freshness（pH 3.47)
Felt like the wine had gone one step up in complexity and depth from the previous vintage; it’s precise, harmonious, elegant and nuanced and keeps varietal purity.It’s medium-bodied and has very fine tannins with herbal freshness, reminiscent of acid berries and bay leaf. One to buy by the case … 137,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2021. -
VINA ZORZAL NAT’COOL
The second vintage produced in collaboration withMatíasMichelini is the 2020 Nat’Cool. It was produced with Graciano that was picked early to achieve a wine with 12.4％alcohol and a low pH of 3.38（and 5.55 grams of acidity measured in tartaric acid. The destemmed grapes fermented in concrete and stainless steel with indigenous yeasts and matured in concrete for six months. There’s an herbal quality to this that makes it quite different. It has a medium body and round tannins and some pungent flavors. 3,000 one-liter bottles were filled in March 2021.