Edra Quebrantahuesos 2016, mountain garnachas

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]La presencia de una rama de hiedra en el balcón identificaba antiguamente a las casas que vendían vino. Por esa y por otras razones, sobre todo medioambientales, las paredes de Edra (hiedra en el aragonés occitano hablado en la Edad Media) están cubiertas por esa planta.

The building and the 30 hectares of vineyards, which barely produce 1.5 or 2 kilos per vine, are located in the Pre-Pyrenees of Huesca, in Ayerbe. Ayerbe is a town that has always cultivated vines until it was abandoned due to depopulation. The area is distinguished by a harsh climate with strong contrasts and deep soils of clay and stones (gravel), with excellent drainage.

The founder of Edra, Alex Ascaso, was going to become an industrial engineer but family circumstances made him return home to work the land. Twenty years ago he was bitten by the wine poison and after finishing his degree in Industrial Engineering he went to La Rioja to study oenology. It is now, once his project has been consolidated, that he presents separately small plots of Garnacha located in the middle of the mountain.

Natural winemaking, absence of additives and ageing in used barrels shape this unique red wine full of hints of liquorice, blackberry, cherry, red fruit and aromatic herbs. It is long, very dry, with a wonderful acidity and a mineral background.

Its full name, Edra Quebrantahuesos, is due to the fact that very close to its facilities, in the nearby Sierra de Guara, a pair of bone-breakers has raised its first chick. Something that has not happened for years. The winery celebrates the news by dedicating this wine to this species and part of the proceeds from its sale to the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture.

Winery: Edra
Webhttp://www.bodega-edra.com/
ZoneIGP Ribera del Gallego/Cinco Villas
Variety: grenache
Alcohol: 13,5%
RRP13 euros.

 

                                                                                              Luis Oliván[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row].

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