2023 Finca la Despeinada 'Eres Tu Blanc' Macabeau

Macabeau and a touch or Moscatel. A short 6 day maceration then aged in stainless steel. Rich, salty and fresh. Alex grew up in the South of France and learned his trade from the great Jean-Baptiste Dutheil of Château Sainte Anne in Bandol. In his 20s, he set off backpacking across Latin America, working part-time as a carpenter and projecting films from the back of his van. It was there that he encountered his companion Petra, a fellow free-spirit, born in Austria. When the couple returned to Europe they chose Terra Alta nearly at random, judging that land was cheap and fertile. With their savings they purchased a small plot of land in the commune of Bot, a sandy mountain enclave at about 500 meters above the Mediterranean Sea, which you can feel in the breeze even if it's not visible on the horizon. During the first couple of years, Alex and Petra lived out of their camper van while building their home by hand - literally by hand from a combination of pine, clay, hay, and found mater