Elisir 2024 Seasonal|Wines For Christmas

Elisir 2024 Seasonal|Wines For ChristmasNectar like sweet wine made using late harvest Catarratto in the classic 'passito' style, where the grapes are left to dry on the vines until mid October. Bunches are then destemmed and see an extremely long 40 day maceration on the skins, before being pressed into barrel for one year before bottling the sugar content of these beautifully ripened grapes cannot be fully fermented out, creating a sensational vino dolce. It's an alchemic process,

For the 2024 iteration of this cuvée Laurent de-stemmed the fruit as usual and aged in fibreglass tank keep the fruit impeccably fresh

The perfume comes from the highly fragrant Camaiola grape

ABRACADABRA is the négoce project of Hannah Fuellenkemper

Vinous orchard fruits

citrus and salt sitting side by side in harmony

Of course there is that trademark mouth-watering acidity to cut it all through and time resting in a mixture of wooden

Mediterranean herbs and brine

satisfying

but not as you know it

Lots of different angles and edges with this one

as the addage goes

this is a perfect introduction to the Mountain Nebbiolo this family does so well