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2022 Conejos Malditos Blanco Con Madre
BLEND | 60% Malvar & 40% Airén
VINEYARDS | Handpicked grapes of the local varieties Malvar and Airén, organically grown. Soils are limestone at 750 meters in this continental climate.
WINEMAKING | Spontaneous, natural whole cluster fermentation with indigenous yeast in amphorae. Kept on the lees and stems for six months and then bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfer added.
TASTING NOTES | The biggest threat to these old vines are not the extreme conditions they face each year - whipping winds, blistering heat, bitter cold, lack of rain - it is rabbits. Cute as they may be, the destruction they cause is massive - taking out entire hectares of vineyards each year.
Herbal and earthy, this wine has everything you want in a natural, skin contact white and none of the things you don’t (funky not flawed). Exotic and spicy with rich honey notes that provide a broad, soft palate. Integrated acidity and pristine winemaking keeps the wine so fresh and so clean clean.
PRESS | 90 WA
“The very cloudy white 2022 Los Conejos Malditos Blanco con Madre feels very irreverent and funky. It was produced with 60% Malvar and 40% Airén grapes and fermented with 50% full clusters in tinaja with indigenous yeasts and matured for eight months with stems and lees. It’s characterful, with marked personality, 12% alcohol and good freshness. It’s herbal, spicy and earthy; the palate is soft, with pungent flavors and good length and a yeasty touch in the finish. Some might get angry, as it’s not a wine for everyone, but it’s fun.”
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