Ca’n Verdura Vins Oblidats Escursac 2022

Ca’n Verdura Viticultores is a ground-breaking garage-winery from Tomeu Llabrés, working in self-described “viticultura en miniatura”, focused on the search and recovery of historic Mallorquín vineyards and grape varieties. In 2012 he founded his micro-winery in a former auto garage at the center of the ancient village of Binissalem, located in the north-central portion of Mallorca. Through a steadfast focus on saving old vineyards and indigenous grape varieties, Tomeu has demonstrated incredible potential of the island, creating some of the Balearic region’s most ground-breaking wines. 

Tomeu Llabrés is a true viticultor, practicing minimal intervention winemaking and low impact viticulture by leaving the cover crop during the cold season and encouraging biodiversity within his parcels and environment through polyculture. His wines are handmade, without additions, subtractions, or corrections. His primary objective with each cuvée is maximum respect and transparency for his terroir and culture, as well as for the customers who enjoy his wine.

Escursac is a light red variety native to Mallorca, recovered at the beginning of the 21st century after almost going extinct after phylloxera arrived in the island in the late 1800’s. Escursac is prized for its bright, floral aromatics, high acidity, and low alcohol, resulting in fresh, aromatic, light-red wines with a vibrant Mediterranean fruit profile. Escursac has incredible potential to make delicious, lower-alcohol wines, even as Mallorca contends with rising temperatures. 

Vinification – After hand harvesting in small boxes, grapes are sorted by hand for quality. The wine is fermented with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks at 20°C. 50% is fermented whole-cluster and 50% is crushed prior to fermentation with a maceration of eight days and pump overs once a day. The grapes are gently pressed once after fermentation with 55% of the juice retained. The finished wine is aged in stainless steel for four months on the fine lees. The wine is bottled without clarification or stabilization.