Principia Naturalis - Auroras (Orange wine)

PRINCIPIA AURORAS

The name belongs to my mother and grandmother, who helped me then and now. This orange wine from a north-facing vineyard gives it better acidity, the variety being Malvasía Castellana. The vineyard, planted in 1950, is partially terraced and surrounded by bushland comprised of rockroses, thyme, and many other plants and olives. The fermentation on skins for 22 days has given a structure and a color that represent the Malvasía grape and my land.

VARIETY 100 % Malvasía Castellana

ORIGIN D.O. Arribes

SOIL TYPE Various types of decomposed granite

PLANTATION 1910, bush vines without irrigation

WINEMAKING Hand-harvested, destalked, 22 days of skin contact, natural yeast for the alcoholic fermentation

AGEING Stainless for 9 months with some lees stirring

CHARACTERISTICS Orange, natural, still, salty and mineral.

Alcohol - 13.5 %

Total sulphur: 22 mg/litre