Alegre y Valgañón 'Claríto' Clarete 2022

Claríto ("the little clear one") is roughly 50-50 Garnacha and Viura. 3,500 kg of Garnacha at 14% abv comes from 80yo bush-vines from the Briones municipality, grown in the foothills between Oullar i and Hormilla. We're in the Najerilla Valley, heading south up into the pebbly chalk/red sand foothills under Sierra de la Demanda. These foothills are the traditional home of Clarete and the field blend vineyard that we've secured was purposefully planted for Clarete.

Claríto is a collaborative project between Scott Wasley, Leah Teschendorff, Oscar Alegre & Eva Valgañón. With the help of Oscar and Eva, we've helped to rescue the historical method of making pink wine, clarete, a method which involves the co-fermentation of both red and white grapes to create a clear pink wine.

Country: Spain
Region: Rioja