Bodegas Gratias, Comboi, Vino Ancestral Rosado, Manchuela, Spain, 2021
100% Bobal - 14.5% abv.
This is fun in a bottle. Fresh strawberry notes, and a wonderful creamy mouthfeel, this wine is unique and bursting with personality. "Comboi", is a local Valencian expression that is used when a group of people come together to have a good time, full of enthusiasm and joy, a bit like the wine! This is a Pet-Nat lightly sparkling wine created "methodo ancestral" from 100% Bobal grapes. Strawberry-coloured fizz made with minimal intervention, offering up fine bubbles, aromas of red fruit and brioche notes, with an enticing bitter dry twist on the finish.
natural ∙ vegan ∙ certified organic
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100% Bobal - 14.5% abv.
This is fun in a bottle. Fresh strawberry notes, and a wonderful creamy mouthfeel, this wine is unique and bursting with personality. "Comboi", is a local Valencian expression that is used when a group of people come together to have a good time, full of enthusiasm and joy, a bit like the wine! This is a Pet-Nat lightly sparkling wine created "methodo ancestral" from 100% Bobal grapes. Strawberry-coloured fizz made with minimal intervention, offering up fine bubbles, aromas of red fruit and brioche notes, with an enticing bitter dry twist on the finish.
natural ∙ vegan ∙ certified organic
🍇 | Get your free recipe card for this wine
100% Bobal - 14.5% abv.
This is fun in a bottle. Fresh strawberry notes, and a wonderful creamy mouthfeel, this wine is unique and bursting with personality. "Comboi", is a local Valencian expression that is used when a group of people come together to have a good time, full of enthusiasm and joy, a bit like the wine! This is a Pet-Nat lightly sparkling wine created "methodo ancestral" from 100% Bobal grapes. Strawberry-coloured fizz made with minimal intervention, offering up fine bubbles, aromas of red fruit and brioche notes, with an enticing bitter dry twist on the finish.
natural ∙ vegan ∙ certified organic
🍇 | Get your free recipe card for this wine
When Ana and Iván got together for a party with some oenologist friends in 2007, they decided to make some wine and put it in a barrel. The results of this first vintage were astonishing and so Bodegas Gratias was born. After the success of the first vintage, they realised they had a chance to make a difference. In a region with a declining wine industry, Ana and Iván are on a mission to protect old vineyards of Bobal, Tardana and other local varieties, championing the vinous heritage of the area. They champion Manchuela as a region capable of producing exciting and relevant wines that draw on the best of tradition and indigenous varieties, yet with a spin that is undeniably looking to the future. These wines are artisanal and as natural as they come, being organically grown, fermented with natural occurring yeasts and minute sulphur additions, if any.
Artisanal in every sense, from the sustainable agriculture and minimal intervention to the ancestral methods used in the winemaking. Direct pressing without maceration in a vertical press. Fermentation in small stainless steel tanks at a constant 18°C for 3 weeks. Bottled by hand before the yeasts consume all of the sugars which would otherwise end the fermentation. The bottles are then rested laying down over winter until disgorgement so that the lees have more contact with the wine, at which point the bottles are inverted so that the sediment plug is discharged during disgorgement.