La Salada 'La Filla del Macaners' Sumoll Catalonia 2021

Press 2 • June 2024 Direct Press Selection Toni Carbo is following in the footsteps of his grandfather Toni Carbo, who worked and saved enough to purchase vineyards near the village of Parellada where nobody else wanted to plant grapes. These were limestone screes and shaded areas near the river that were difficult to work but have proved to be excellent sites for great wine, and they are now valued as such. The younger Toni and his partner Anna Serra now work 28 hectares of vines completely without chemical treatments, planting grains in between the rows.  La Filla del Maçaners is all from one vineyard of mostly Sumoll, an old drought-resistant Catalan variety that is nearly extinct after being ripped out en-masse in the 1980s for not being as high yielding as other cultivars. However it is a serious red wine grape with the depth and grip of Nebbiolo, and has had a growing renaissance due to people like Toni and Anna. After an aging farmer could no longer maintain his 100 year-old pl