The Wine Love
La Rioja, Spain
Gonzalo Gonzalo and Mar Mota are the two free spirits responsible for bringing us these fantastic wines from La Rioja. Gonzalo Gonzalo comes from a family of wine makers and has seen all aspects of the wine making industry - from the industrial wineries in Spain to the small vignerons throughout Italy and France. Now producing wine in the most natural ways possible, Gonzalo Gonzalo has found their home back in La Rioja. Mar Mota comes from a family of artisan cask makers and studied oenology and chemistry in the University of La Rioja. A firm believer in biodynamic winemaking, Mar Mota teams with Gonzalo to make some of the best natural wine that comes out of Spain.
Gran Cerdo Blanco
• WINE NAME: Gran Cerdo Blanco
• VARIETAL: 95% viura; 5% other local varieties
• COUNTRY: SPAIN
• REGION: RIOJA alta
• FARM SIZE: 4.5HA
• VINE AGE: ~40 YEARS
• FARMING: organic/biodynamic
• SOIL TYPE(S): LIMESTONE & CLAY
• harvest: harvested & sorted by hand
• FERMENTATION: destemmed. SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION IN STAINLESS STEEL vats.
• AGING: One year in underground cement tanks. bottled unfiltered, unfined, with minimal sulfur addition.
Gran Cerdo tinto
• WINE NAME: Gran Cerdo tinto
• VARIETAL: tempranillo
• COUNTRY: SPAIN
• REGION: RIOJA alta
• FARM SIZE: 4.5HA
• VINE AGE: ~35 YEARS
• FARMING: organic/biodynamic
• SOIL TYPE(S): LIMESTONE & CLAY
• harvest: harvested & sorted by hand
• FERMENTATION: destemmed. SPONTANEOUS FERMENTATION IN STAINLESS STEEL vats.
• AGING: One year in underground cement tanks. bottled unfiltered, unfined, with minimal sulfur addition.