In the end, Gran Cerdo is all about the purest expression of fruit with whole bunch fermentation, no filtration, no stabilization, and minimal sulphur. The wine has real character, all the juicy elements of Tempranillo, with no dirty oak to mask its charm. It has a natural way about it but with no funkiness.
With its cherry-red, purplish, brilliant colour Gran Cerdo reveals primary notes of fresh fruit, strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and violets with clean mineral tones from the granite.
This little natural wine is phenomenal value.
“A large proportion of inexpensive Spanish Tempranillo tastes over-oaked and confected. This unoaked version had good clean cherry fruits, nice supporting acidity and a cleansing minerality. Well-made wine at the price.”
John Wilson IRISH TIMES
COSECHEROS REUNIDOS, WII GONZALO GONZALO GRIJALBA, Northern Spain – Organic, Natural
Wii Gonzalo Gonzalo was born in Logroño, Spain and grew up among the vineyards that their parents cultivated in Fuenmayor. After studying biology in León and oenology in the university of Rioja, they dedicated themselves to travelling through France and Italy where they met small vine-growers and winemakers and discovered new varieties of grape and technologies After completing their oenologist training in an industrial winery, in 2003 they abandoned everything to give birth to their own oenology project.
The vineyards were planted 35 years ago on calcareous clay soils,. Gonzalo and helpers, Teresa and Fernando, tend the vines methodically, and with perfection in mind, year-round and work only with the best grapes they can coax from the land for their project. They also follow the lunar cycle in vineyard and the winery.