Cati Ribot Escursac 2022

Escursac is a 1 liter red wine produced by Ve d’Avior by Cati Ribot in Santa Margalida, in the North East of Mallorca. Cati is one of the most famous producers of natural wine in all of Spain, third generation of the Galmes i Ribot family. Escursac is obtained from 100% Escursac grapes that undergo whole bunch carbonic maceration in steel for 20 days before aging for 4 months in terracotta amphorae. Escursac is Cati’s favorite grape variety, because it is able to represent the aromas of the island in the purest form. Like all Ve d’Avior wines, it is an explosion of Mediterranean scrub on the nose, with floral, fruity and herbaceous hints, while in the mouth it proves exuberant and spirited. Try it with Panades and Cocarroi

Manufacturer: Ve d’Avior – Cati Ribot

Excursac

️ Mallorca, Spain

Ve d’Avior – Cati Ribot

Excursac

2022

️  11.5%

Red wine

The Escursac grapes come from calcareous clay soil, manual harvest and whole bunch carbonic maceration in steel for about 20 days, they are subsequently pressed and the wine matures for 4 months in terracotta. One liter size

Mineral and iodine scents on the nose, balsamic hints of mint and sage, ripe red fruits and wild flowers

Lean and contemporary, fresh and lively, salty and with soft tannins

Serving temperature 16°-18°

Panades and Cocarroi, the former are meat empanadas, the latter are vegetable empanadas

Escursac is a rarity, replanted in Mallorca in 2006, it was only authorized in 2016, this wine expresses its purest side

Santa Margalida, Mallorca

Cati Ribot is known throughout Spain as the most famous producer of natural refermented products in the bottle. She grew up in Mallorca, the third generation of winemakers of the Galmes i Ribot family of Santa Margalida, in the north-east of the island, working side by side with her father Jaume since 2004.

The enlightenment came in 2008 when, working as a sommelier in Barcelona, ​​he fell in love with wines that were very different from those that are the Spanish production stereotypes.

The family business has been certified organic since 2012 but has veered decisively towards biodynamic thanks to the meeting with Joan Rubio, a legend in Penedes, and Cati’s stubbornness.

In 2019 Cati Ribot realized her dream and inaugurated Ve d’Avior, a personal project aimed at rediscovering the wine flavors of Mallorca, through the native island vines and minimal intervention in the vineyard. Ve d’Avior in fact means Wine of the Past, and all the labeled wines share a low alcohol content and a low dosage of sulfur dioxide added pre-bottling.

In Mallorca the summers are very long, hot and sunny and therefore the native grapes ripen late, and demonstrate great resistance to drought, with their typically large grapes.

Escursac is Cati’s favorite grape, the only one vinified in purity, and grown on 6 hectares, 5 of which were added in 2020.

Cati Ribot is an example for all the winemakers of Mallorca, she believes in her land and gives her all to make it known to the world. From so much love, superlative wines could only be born