Sexto Elemento Orange 2019 500ML

A dessert wine like no other

Viura (Macabeo, Macabeu)

$70.00

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Stone Fruit, Tree Fruit, Concentrated / Preserved Fruit, and Herbaceous, Sweet Spice and Woody

BODY: Full
DRYNESS: Very Sweet
ACIDITY: Medium +
TANNIN: Medium -
ALCOHOL (%): Pronounced (12-14%)

Origin: Valencia (Alicante & More), Spain

Grape Varietals:

Viura (Macabeo, Macabeu)

Winemaking:
Organic and Natural
Late Harvest, Botrytis (Noble Rot), Wild yeast, and Extended Skin Contact

Maturation: 19-24 Months Oak Barrels

Awards:

WESTERN FOOD PAIRING
Blue cheese, pâté, chocolate cake

ASIAN FOOD PAIRING
Japanese fruit tarts, chocolate and strawberry mochi, Ma Lai Go

Vino Sexto Elemento

Sexto Elemento is a tiny production estate with a key focus on one of Spain's underrated grape varietals - Bobal. Rafa Lopez took over the family farm in 2000, and shifted to creating his own label instead of selling to cooperatives

Description

Sexto Elemento Orange 2019

Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Macabeo from Utiel-Requena in Valencia, Spain.

Taste Profile: Due to the high sugar content in the grapes and must, the wine has a sweet wine character with sweet notes reminiscent of dried apricots, baked apples with cinnamon, but also aromas of mountain herbs that make the wine taste fresher. The result is this elegant, subtle and above all original, natural, sweet wine

Winemaking Process: The fruit was late harvested & left to ferment with their skins for no more and no less than 250 days. After this period, the wine is transferred to French oak barrels for 12 months of aging. Different techniques have been used to elaborate this special version, first from the orange wine due to its prolonged maceration with skins, then the Tokaji method, as the renowned Hungarian sweet wines are made by adding botrytised grapes , as well as a prolonged ageing in barrels with soleras of older sweet wines such as Fondillón, which will provide more complexity to the bottled wine

Fruity & Rich Desserts

Characterised by notes of rich fruit jam/compote with a touch of spice, expect notes of prunes, plums, chocolate and spice.

Many are fortified, or are made from passito grapes