Botani Garnacha

D.O. Málaga & D.O. Sierras de Málaga

Zona de Villazo, El Borge, Málaga

100% Garnacha

A proprietary single vineyard west facing, located in the Axarquía planted in 2010 with vine cuttings of old Garnacha vineyards in Calatayud. The vineyards in Málaga are the most extreme in all of Europe. The mountainside vineyards are planted at inclinations of up to 70%. There is no terracing, ladders, or mechanization to assist with the harvest. The vineyards are worked completely by hand.

2010

Traditional dry farmed viticulture. Practicing organic gobelet (vaso) trained vines. Cultivated completely by hand, with minimal human intervention. The vineyard receives no treatments whatsoever and is planted directly into the rock (slate).

No organic matter. Solid slate rock and decomposed slate with a small percentage of white quartz.

Extremely dry Mediterranean climate with 120-150 mm of rainfall per year. The Axarquia is at high elevation which results in extreme diurnal shifts in the summer allowing for long and balanced maturation.

Primary fermentation in 2,500L open top fermenters, pneumatic press. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in neutral 600L French oak demi-muids.

6 months in neutral 600L French oak demi-muids.

This wine is the result of Jorge Ordóñez Malaga's goal to produce a quality Garnacha from the mountains of Málaga, from a single vineyard planted with vine cuttings from Calatayud. Like many of the vineyards in the Axarquía, it is planted on extremely steep decomposed slate and quartz slopes. This vineyard was planted next to our oldest and steepest vineyard, typically used for the sweet wines, called El Panderón. The combination of the steepness and exposition means very little exposure to sunlight, resulting in a slow and delicate ripening of the Garnacha that yields a fragrant, delicate, lower alcohol, and ethereal wine. The minerality from slate soils and complexity of the old clones from Calatayud mark the wine substantially.