El Rocallís 2018

The current vintage of the rare white varietal Incrocio Manzoni is the 2018 El Rocallís, which shows aromatic complexity and development, very balsamic and medicinal. A variety that has a tendency to develop minty notes, it's very original and behaves well in warm climates, and they find it resistant to climate change. Carlos Esteva told me that he discovered the variety in Verona (Il Carro Armato). It matures nicely in bottle. It comes from a plot they planted on sandy soils and limestone mother rock. The full clusters were pressed, and 50% of the must fermented in barrel and the other 50% in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts, and it was bottled after six months. 2,000 bottles were filled in October 2019.