El Rumbero 2021 - Oriol Artigas

El Rumbero  – Oriol Artigas

"El Rumbero" by Oriol Artigas is a red wine produced by a majority blend of Garnatxa negra, with small percentages of Syrah and Merlot. Oriol Artigas is a young winemaker located in Llinars, just 15 km from Barcelona, ​​where he works organically in the vineyard and produces his wines in a natural and non-interventional way. This translates into honest and transparent wines, which, thanks to a fascinating saline touch, express the full character of the Mediterranean climate. The grapes for producing "El Rumbero" come from vineyards located in Llinars del Vallès, Mas Pellicer, over 15 years old located at an altitude of 100 meters and planted on land with pink granite sands. The harvest is done manually, and once the grapes arrive in the cellar, the Garnatxa ferments spontaneously in a whole bunch of grapes not crushed with maceration on the skins for 7-10 days, while for the Syrah and Merlot a direct pressing is made, therefore without maceration . Refines for 8 months in steel tanks. It is bottled without clarifying or stabilizing or filtering and without adding sulfur. "El Rumbero" is a fruity, elegant and light wine. Intense aromas of ripe red fruit and spicy notes. In the mouth it is juicy, very enjoyable, fresh and very expressive.

Service

We will taste it at a temperature of around 16/18 ° C. Wine to drink immediately but if left a few years in the cellar can give great satisfaction.

Pairings

Wine ideal to accompany risottos, meat dishes, to try with a plate of mature cheeses.

Winery: Oriol Artigas 

Oriol Artigas is a chemist of primary education and second winemaker, who in 2011 began his adventure in the world of wine. Today it cultivates 8 hectares of vineyards on the ancient area of ​​Alella, which is 15 km north of Barcelona. Alella, which now has 220 hectares of vineyards and is perhaps the smallest wine-producing area in Spain, is divided into two by a mountainous mountain range parallel to the coast, which divides the most exposed vineyards, with the earliest maturity, from the internal area where the harvest is delayed for two weeks. Oriol works an enormous quantity of vines, there are more than 50, in an absolutely natural way, following the biodynamic lunar calendar. In the cellar he is a purist of naturalness and tries to intervene as little as possible in the winemaking process so as not to waste the heritage that the vineyard has given him. Oriol produces wines as he likes to drink them, he tries to make the grapes get everything he can from his territory and then transforms them in a natural way to get a real juice that smells of the sea and Mediterranean scrub. 25,000 bottles produced that usually end quickly. Among his wines; La Rumbera, a white wine made from Pansa Bianca, El Rumbero, a red wine made from a blend of Garnacha Negra, Syrah and Merlot, and La Bella produced with grapes of Pansa Bianca that come from 60-year-old vineyards.