Sometimes you’re sitting in your house and you’re doing work and the internet decides to be an asshole. And keeps being an asshole and not working for many hours. What do you do? Well, grab something to READ (like a BOOK), a glass, and pour yourself some wine. Right?
I’ve had this bottle of Malvar (Maceracion Carbonica) from Vinos Ambiz in my fridge for a little while now. I thought, what the hell. Let’s (me) drink the damn thing. Winemaker Fabio Bartolomei is quite the groovy dude. I’ve never met him, but if there’s anyone I’d want to get stoned with and talk about life, it might be him. His winery is located in the Tajuña Valley near Madrid and he farms his own Tempranillo, Airen, and Malvar organically. It’s a pretty stripped down process from root to bottle overall. Think no SO2, native yeast ferments, etc. He even asks customers to recycle their used bottles, which is why in a case of 12, you might see bottles made of different color glass or in slightly different shapes.
Fabio likes to experiment and he actually made this same wine in a variety of styles; amphora aged Malvar, orange Malvar, and the one I popped open- Malvar made using carbonic maceration. I wish I could have tried all of them side by side since they are all skin contact white wines, but with different types of exposure to the skin.
Bottom line- this shit is interesting and you need to try it.
Importer: Jose Pastor | Buy here: Domaine LA (check out the picture of the back label!)