Tragolargo Blanco 2021 - Casa Balaguer

Tragolargo Blanco - Casa Balaguer

Tragolargo Blanco is a wine from Alicante and produced by Rafa Bernabé, who together with his wife Olga started the project with the aim of helping and protecting traditional local viticulture, especially where there was a risk that some vineyards were sold to speculators estate. The Tragolargo Blanco is made from Moscatel and Malvasia grapes that are vinified spontaneously with a period of maceration on the skins. Il Tragolargo Blanco is presented to the glass of a yellow color tending to orange. Nose that stands out for its delicious orange peel notes, which balance deliciously with the floral tones of the Moscatel grape. On the palate it is soft and of good freshness which makes it wonderful with food. 

Service

We will taste it at a temperature of around 8/10 ° C. Wine to drink immediately but if left a few years in the cellar can give great satisfaction.

Pairings

Wine ideal to accompany risottos, fish dishes, seafood, to try with a plate of semi-mature cheeses.

Winery: Casa Balaguer

Rafa Bernabé is located in Villena, in the Spanish province of Alicante. Here the vines, all of Monastrell, are developed at 700 m.s.l.m. about 50-100 km from the coast. Rafa Bernabé is a man who lives in symbiosis with his land, who loves and respects nature and who works with integrity and dedication, capable of giving a new wine identity to his area, in a very personal way. Its vines are planted with saplings in Mediterranean beaches, and produces its white wines from the Muscat de Alexandria and Merseguera vines, and the reds with the omnipresent Monastrel but also with Alicante and Ramblis. Rafa Bernabé is also known for having first used the famous amphora of Villarobledo of the Padilla artisan. Rafa Bernabé in the vineyard does not use chemicals, and in the cellar tries to intervene as little as possible. Its wines are vinified without almost touching them and in the most natural way possible, whole bunch fermentations without sulfur and with native yeasts; they are not clarified or filtered. The wines of Rafa Bernabé are small productions, original wines, beautiful, pleasant and enjoyable.