WORK IN PROGRESS 2024
- NAME: WORK IN PROGRESS
- VINTAGE: 2024
- VARIETY: 60% Merlot, 40% Garnacha tinta
- ORIGIN: Grapes from Cretas, Teruel, Aragón (Venta d’Aubert). Made in Arnes, Terra Alta.
- CLIMATE: Hot, dry, continental climate with mediterranean influence. Drought year.
- SOIL: calcareous clay
- VITICULTURE: Certified organic.
- VINIFICATION: Red. Merlot: 75% whole cluster and 25% destemmed, foot-stomped and macerated 3 days. Garnacha: 100% whole cluster, foot-stomped and macerated 1 day. Fermented separately, blended in February 2025.
- ALCOHOL: 13,70% vol.
- AGEING: 8 months in stainless steel. Racked off the lees at blending.
- BOTTLING: no filtering, no fining, no added sulphur. By gravity and a manual bottler. 583 bottles.
- PAIRING: With tacos de cochinita pibil and lots of guacamole. With a date night and a chocolate bar. With your current lover, may it last a while.
RED WINE OF SPAIN / 2024 / 13,7% VOL / 75CL
INGREDIENTS: GRAPES
NO ACIDITY REGULATORS
ALLERGENS: NATURALLY OCCURRING SULFITES (NOT ADDED)
NUTRITIONAL INFO
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340 kJ / 81 kcal
0G
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<2G
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THE STORY
2024 was our third go around at making a red wine. To be quite frank: we toyed with changing the name of the wine, because we finally feel it is no longer a Work in Progress; it is exactly what we want it to be!
Unfortunately, our BBF Pol from lafleca vins i vinyes didn’t have any leftover Garnacha for us, because the drought made the rivers run dry, and the poor little deer didn’t have the water they needed… so they ate all the grapes. Sometimes nature is a tragic collaborator, but there’s something beautiful in its annual cycle of give and take as well.
This year, the grapes were sourced from the neighbouring Venta d’Aubert, a longstanding organic winery, pioneers in the region. The addition of Merlot brings a hint of pepper, spice, and depth, and the Garnacha makes it bright and fruity. Like eating a perfectly ripe cherry after the barbecue. Like a hot piece of juicy gossip. Like listening to your favourite feel good banger of a song walking down the street, even though you’re alone.
Is our first wine, Work in Progress… finally finished?!
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