10,000 Violetas 1,000 Colorados 2024

Ver Sacrum

Sometimes we try and wine and say, yep, we have to have this. We send a PO, three or four months later it arrives in Blighty and, lo and behold, it arrives fast asleep, not talking to anyone, in a right old huff! This can happen sometimes, especially with delicate wines that need a bit more time in bottle before opening their hearts to the world. This was certainly the case with this utterly beautiful wine from Ver Sacrum, a wild yeast co-fermentation of 60% Mencia, 20% Garnacha, 17% Carignan and 3% Viognier made in a combination of small concrete vats and old / neutral French oak barrels. We were so excited, but it was asleep for 6 months. Happily, it is now a bouncing baby full of joy, manic fruity tantrums and tears of rasping natural acidity.

Vivid, bright ruby red, aromas of ripe red cherries, fresh mint leaf, asparagus, black tea and garam masala. On the palate it is fresh, finely textured and floral, with a long and elegant finish.

“The future is irrevocable as yesterday is rigid… The path is as fated as the arrow, but in the cracks dwells God, who lies in wait.”

JL Borges, for a version of the I Ching