Cartoixa de Marina 'La Lleona' 2020 skus_85875 chocolate and earth flavors

chocolate and earth flavors

boiled mussels

cinnamon and hints of pine

all the while maintaining absolute dryness with firm

A real nectar…

Cartoixa de Marina 'La Lleona' 2020 skus_85875 chocolate and earth flavorsCartoix de la Marina (pink skinned mutation of Xarel Lo) from Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain; 6 days on skins in steel, then pressed to tank under lees for 4 months; light to medium bodied and dry, with dried yellow flowers and green olive, orange and melon, with under ripe cantaloupe and saline, a silky elegant structure, medium acid, and a crisp clean finish. A great intro to orange wine, like a Georgian amber but much softer and more approachable.