CORTEZ 2020 0,75l

Craig Hawkins über seinen El Bandito Cortez:

"We change the label every year to best suit the feeling I think the wine is giving. The photo on the label was taken by our friend Florian Kleinerts 12-year-old daughter. It is an amazing photo, simple yet powerful and we thought particularly relevant to the year 2020, where everybody could benefit from taking the time to reading a few more books. The analogy between taking the time to read books and process things slower we feel fits well with the Cortez wine, where very often you need to take step back and take time to process the flavours."

VINIFICATION: Hand harvested and whole bunch pressed. Fermented/Aged in 4 x 500L old French Foudre and a single 1500L stainless steel tank for 6 months then blended together and placed back into wood and stainless steel. No yeast (or other) inoculation or additives apart from a small amount of SO2 shortly before bottling. 100% malolactic fermentation. A clarifying filtration was done, not fined.