Ekam Essència 2018

The sweet white 2018 Ekam Essencia was produced with Riesling grapes that in Germany would be classified between Kabinett and Spätlesse, with little botrytis (only "clean") trying to avoid the kerosene notes. It has 9.76% alcohol, high acidity (nine grams), low pH (2.84!) and some 33 grams of unfermented sugar. With those parameters, the acidity offsets the sugar, and the wine comes through as balanced in a very Germanic way. This is a baby, still closed and shy. It's very subtle and elegant, like a young Fritz Haag, a wine with a purity that is amazing, transparent and crystalline. It's shy, elegant, classical and balanced, with huge aging potential. It was bottled after 10 months in tank with the lees. 1,500 bottles were filled in June 2019. There is no 2019 of this wine, but the 2020, which in the Pyrenees was colder than 2018, will certainly be produced.