Bodegas Gratias
Manchuela, Spain
Bodegas Gratias, Familia y Viñedos is located in Manchuela, just outside of the DO, approximately 75 miles west of Valencia. Together, the Gomez family works 10 hectares of exclusively indigenous varieties, half of which they own a nd half of which are tiny parcels owned by local farmers. The family works side by side with these growers all year long, collaborating to protect and preserve native varieties, many of which they have helped bring back from the brink of extinction. Their organic vines range from 30 to 100 years old, and are all bush vines, untilled and dry farmed. In the cellar they work with minimal intervention, with most of their wines totaling out at only 15ppm total sulfur.
¿Y Tú de Quién Eres? Blanco
• Wine Name: ¿Y Tú de Quién Eres?
• Varietal: Tardana, macabeo, marisancho, doña blanca, albillo, blanquilla and more
• Denomination(s): Non-denominated Manchuela Area, white field blend
• Country: Spain
• Region: Manchuela
• Vineyard Size: Multiple small “mixed plots”
• Vine Age: Tardana: 60-70 years; Macabeo: 30-50 years; Others: 80-100 years
• Farming: Certified ICEA Biodynamic
• Elevation: Tardana: 400m; Macabeo: 700m;
• Soil Type(s): Tardana: Calcareous clay/albariza type; Macabeo: clay-carcareous
w/limestone surface; others: clay/calcareous
• Fermentation: indigenous yeast - Tardana: 3-4wks whole cluster; Macabeo: direct press, 3 mos in old wood
• Aging: Tardana: 3 mos in tinaja
¿Y Tú de Quién Eres? Tinto
• Wine Name: ¿Y Tú de Quién Eres?
• Varietal: Bobal, Marisancho, Teta de Vaca, Pedro Juan, Moravia Agria, Moravia Dulce, Cegivera, Rojal, Valencia, Albillo, Pintailla and more
• Denomination(s): Non-denominated Manchuela Area, red field blend
• Country: Spain
• Region: Manchuela
• Vineyard Size: Multiple small “mixed plots”
• Vine Age: old
• Management: bush-trained, dry farmed
• Farming: Certified ICEA Biodynamic
• Elevation: 400-700m
• Soil Type(s): Calcareous clay base,
• Fermentation: vatted and lightly stomped in the vineyard, transferred to small 5hl tanks in the cellar
• Aging: in tinaja, inox steel tank, and old barrels
• Annual Production: 5300 bottles
Sol
• Wine Name: Sol
• Varietal: Tardana
• Denomination(s): Non-denominated Manchuela Area
• Country: Spain
• Region: Manchuela
• Vineyard Site: Villatoya
• Vineyard Size: Tiny
• Vine Age: Tardana: old vine
• Training: Bush
• Farming: Certified ICEA Biodynamic, dry-farmed
• Elevation: ~700m
• Soil Type: white due to high limestone content
• Fermentation: indigenous yeast, low temp in 50HL tanks, no malolactic; ⅓ is moved to tinaja for 3 months on its lees, light filtration, no fining or cold-stabilization
• Annual Production: 4600 bottles
Rosé
• Wine Name: Rosé
• Varietal: bobal
• Denomination(s): Non-denominated Manchuela Area
• Country: Spain
• Region: Manchuela
• Vineyard Site: hazilla norte
• Vineyard Size: Tiny
• Vine Age: 30-40 years
• Training: Bush
• Farming: Certified ICEA Biodynamic, dry-farmed
• Elevation: ~700m
• Soil Type: calcareous clay
• Fermentation: indigenous yeast, 8 hours maceration, low temp in 50HL tanks, no malolactic; finishes fermentation in old oak
• aging: 3 months on the lees in old oak barrels
• Annual Production: 2600 bottles
Got
• Wine Name: Got
• Varietal: Bobal
• Denomination(s): Non-denominated Manchuela Area
• Country: Spain
• Region: Manchuela
• Vineyard Site: Alborea
• Vineyard Size: Tiny
• Vine Age: avg 30 years
• Management: Bush-trained, dry-farmed
• Farming: Certified ICEA Biodynamic
• Elevation: ~800m
• Soil Type(s): Deep iron & clay soils,
• Maceration: 48 hours at 8°
• Fermentation: Indigenous yeast, small 50HL tanks, malolactic in stainless steel
• Aging: 4 months on the lees in tinaja, unfined and no cold-stabilization
• Annual Production: 4,000 bottles
Terra
• Wine Name: Terra
• Varietal: Tardana, orange wine
• Denomination(s): Non-denominated Manchuela Area
• Country: Spain
• Region: Manchuela
• Vineyard Site: Villatoya, Camino Basillas
• Vineyard Size: Tiny
• Vine Age: ~70 years
• Management: Bush-trained, dry-farmed, 1 kg/plant
• Farming: Certified ICEA Biodynamic
• Elevation: ~800m
• Soil Type(s): White clay/calcareous
• Fermentation: Indigenous yeast, artisanal fermentation in tinaja
• Aging: 4 months on the lees in tinaja, unfined and unfiltered no cold-stabilization
• Annual Production: 200 bottles
Tinaja
• Wine Name: Tinaja
• Varietal: Bobal
• Denomination(s): Non-denominated Manchuela Area
• Country: Spain
• Region: Manchuela
• Vineyard Site: Serradiel
• Vineyard Size: Tiny
• Vine Age: 30-80 years
• Management: Bush-trained, dry-farmed
• Farming: Certified ICEA Biodynamic
• Elevation: ~800m
• Soil Type(s): White clay/calcareous, elevated ferric content
• Fermentation: Indigenous yeast, in small 2HL tinaja, partial whole cluster
• Malolactic: pressed to continue malo in tinaja,
• Aging: 4 months on the lees in tinaja, unfined and gently filtered, no cold-stabilization
• Annual Production: 470 bottles