Calusari, Pinot Noir, Viile Timisului, Romania, 2022
96% Pinot Noir / 3% Syrah / 1% Merlot - 12.5% abv.
I was blown away by this Pinot Noir from Phillip and Elvira Cox. This wine has great structure and a little bit more weight than your average Pinot. The touch of Syrah brings a little bit of spice and the Merlot rounds off the fruit. Using progressive techniques, they are producing very high-quality wines, that are finally getting the global recognition they deserve. This is the kind of winemaking we get very excited about!
Gorgeous flavours, almost syrupy in its concentration. Dark, rich and potent, with layers of black cherry, raspberry and cinnamon. Deep, with pretty fruit cake and spicy aromatics. A lovely long and lingering finish.
vegan ∙ natural
96% Pinot Noir / 3% Syrah / 1% Merlot - 12.5% abv.
I was blown away by this Pinot Noir from Phillip and Elvira Cox. This wine has great structure and a little bit more weight than your average Pinot. The touch of Syrah brings a little bit of spice and the Merlot rounds off the fruit. Using progressive techniques, they are producing very high-quality wines, that are finally getting the global recognition they deserve. This is the kind of winemaking we get very excited about!
Gorgeous flavours, almost syrupy in its concentration. Dark, rich and potent, with layers of black cherry, raspberry and cinnamon. Deep, with pretty fruit cake and spicy aromatics. A lovely long and lingering finish.
vegan ∙ natural
96% Pinot Noir / 3% Syrah / 1% Merlot - 12.5% abv.
I was blown away by this Pinot Noir from Phillip and Elvira Cox. This wine has great structure and a little bit more weight than your average Pinot. The touch of Syrah brings a little bit of spice and the Merlot rounds off the fruit. Using progressive techniques, they are producing very high-quality wines, that are finally getting the global recognition they deserve. This is the kind of winemaking we get very excited about!
Gorgeous flavours, almost syrupy in its concentration. Dark, rich and potent, with layers of black cherry, raspberry and cinnamon. Deep, with pretty fruit cake and spicy aromatics. A lovely long and lingering finish.
vegan ∙ natural
Back in 1988, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania, starting with 650 hectares of slightly unloved vineyards and a rusty, once state-owned winery. Englishman Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira, have turned the Cramele Recas Estate into the most successful winery in Romania. Recas are now recognised globally for their impressive scale and breadth of fascinating wines, including natural and orange wine from organic grapes. Despite the scale, the emphasis is on making good wines that overdeliver. Vineyards are a combination of evolved plantings from 1447 and more recent planting. Over the years, the winery has seen significant investment and boasts state-of-the-art facilities where innovation thrives. Recas are in every way a modern, dynamic winery, whose open-minded approach and quality sets them apart … a winery you really can’t ignore.
100% estate-grown grapes from the Uberland Hill vineyard. Conventional new world viticulture and meticulous canopy management. Grown on a variety of soils, from cracking clay to limestone-rich loam. All vineyards are non-irrigated. Trained to vertical shoot positioned trellis with 2 to 4 canes per vine with replacement spurs. Intervine soil management by cultivation. Yields from 5 to 15 tonnes per hectare.
25% of the grapes were transferred directly into 1000 kg bins without being destemmed then sealed and put through a carbonic maceration and fermentation for 10 days, in order to produce the strawberry / fruity part of the blend. The remaining 75% was destemmed, lightly crushed and then macerated and fermented normally at 25°C in stainless steel automated fermenters. Both wines were then separately pressed and the noncarbonic maceration wine was lightly oaked for 2 months with French oak before blending.