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VITICULTURE&WINEMAKING
Native Varieties
Mustiguillo focuses on expressing origin by working with native grapes like Bobal and Merseguera, with the belief that these grapes best transmit a genuine sense of place. Before the efforts of Mustiguillo, these varieties were largely underratedandseenasmoresuitableforbulkproduction.
Low Yields
Bobal and Merseguera are naturally vigorous, productive varieties. Toni Sarrión has employed many techniques to lower yields;bunchthinning,covercropsanddryfarmingareamongkeyoptionstosuccessfullycultivatehigh-qualitygrapes.
Low Intervention
Mustiguillo believes low-intervention winemaking is the key to crafting the terroir-driven wines that will best express the character of their pagos. Parcels are fermented separately, exclusively with native yeasts and free-run must. Avoiding over-extraction, gentle racking by gravity and use of neutral vessels like old oak or concrete for maturation preserve eleganceandMediterraneanflavors.
Howistheterroirreflectedinthe winesofMustiguillo?
The terroir of Mustiguillo is perhaps best understood through their Bobal wines. The fruit of Finca Terrerazo is marked by the extreme climate, high elevation and its old vines, giving it a distinctive Mediterranean character, intensecolorandbalancedacidity.
Old-vine Bobal is planted among groves of pine, oak, and olive, as well as rosemary, fennel and thyme that tingethefruit.
The expression of the limestone soil is noticeable in a slight chalky sensation on the palate, a savoriness and a verticalnose,resultinginalong,elegantwine.
SingularitiesoftheWinery
Their pagos El Terrerazo and Finca Calvestra are a viticultural benchmark for Bobal and Merseguera. Toni Sarrión has worked to study all aspects of each individual plot individually, with a persistent curiosity tounderstandtheestate’sterroir.
WhyisMustiguilloaGrandesPagosde Españawinery?
Committed to respecting the origin and typicity of their wines, Mustiguillo joined GPE to promote visibility of their unique terroir. Mustiguillo has found a home with the other GPE wineries, where all work to learn more about their land, vines and the surroundingenvironment.
MUSTIGUILLOPORTFOLIO:
Quincha Corral, Finca Terrerazo, Finca Calvestra Margas, Finca Calvestra, La Garnacha, Mestizaje Blanco, Mestizaje
FincaTerrerazo
DOP El Terrerazo
Varieties
100% Bobal
Vinification
Maceration, fermentation and 18 months aging in 35
HL and 50 HL French oak vats; only free-run wine is aged
GoodtoKnow
Fruit from two single plots, one planted in 1945 and the other in 1970
FincaCalvestra
Vino de España
Varieties
100% Merseguera
Vinification
6 hours cold maceration. Fermentation and aging in 225 and 500 L acacia barrels with native yeast; 11 months aging on fine lees
GoodTtoKnow
Vineyard altitude 3,018 ft (920 m); Merseguera is grafted on old, dry-farmed Bobal vines
