Alicante DO
Alicante DO
Artadi 2015 El Sequé Monastrell Alicante
Spanish Red
$46.99
Monastrell makes up ninety percent of the blend, with ten percent Syrah. The wine comes from vineyards at six hundred metres in Alicante, planted on sandy Quaternary soils over clay subsoil. Raspberry, red and black fruit, rose petals, undergrowth and aromatic herbs are present. The palate has volume, with a strong opening followed by an approachable character. It contains fourteen and a half percent alcohol.
Pepe Mendoza 2021 Pequeñas Producciones Tinaja de Padilla Velo de Flor Alicante
Spanish White
$53.99
Scrubland, jasmine and night-blooming jasmine accompany a dry, chalky and saline profile. Macabeo and Merseguera each account for forty-eight percent of the blend, with four percent Moscatel. The varieties are fermented separately with native yeasts, then blended and matured for six months in small Padilla amphorae. A naturally developing layer of flor shapes four months of the ageing. Production totals 3,500 bottles.
Pepe Mendoza 2021 Pureza Moscatel de Alejandría
Spanish White
$57.99
Freshly cut rose, jasmine and orange blossom accompany preserved lemon, cardamom, fermented lime skin and briny notes. The palate is broad and textured, with fresh acidity and saline character. Moscatel de Alejandría is macerated with skins, fermented with native yeasts in small clay amphorae, then returned to amphora for six months. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration and contains twelve and a half percent alcohol.