The Carrodilla Estate
- This estate represents the first certified organic and biodynamic vineyards in Mexico.
- All of the monovarietal wines are made from estate fruit.
- Their southwestern facing vineyard site is located 11 miles up the Valle de Guadalupe from the Pacific at an elevation of 1,000 ft.
- They are one of the first wineries in Mexico to make a fully certified organic and biodynamic wine.
- Their organic certifications come from the USDA and CCOF.
- To visit Carrodilla is to visit a true working farm, only part of the project is growing grapes and making wine.
Total production: 34.5 acres under vine, 14 wines, 8,500 cases
2023 Polen - La Carrodilla
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
Anyone who has followed this wine through the vintages will appreciate just how much lighter bodied and light colored it is this vintage yet without sacrificing aromatics or expression on the palate. In fact, I dare say this is a perfect example of the less-is-more affect, as there certainly seems to be a shape and force behind this wine that pervious vintages would be jealous of. Perfect alone or with salads, seafood, spicy food, good weather, you name it.
250 cases made
Drinking window: Upon release - 3 years
Vintage:
2023
Blend:
100% Grenache
Producer:
La Carrodilla
Winemaker:
Gustavo A. Gonzalez - Mexican
Vineyards:
Valle de las Grullas - planted in in 2005 in soils high in clay at an elevation of 850 ft.
Winemaking:
Hand picked, crushed, destemmed and macerated for just 8 hours on the skins before being pressed and passed on to a stainless steel tank for open top fermentation. Fermentation took 14 days and the wine was left to cold stabilize for 3 months before bottling.
Sulfites: 50 ppm
Farming:
Organic, sustainable
Alcohol:
13%
