Producer: Mas Candí
Region: Gunyoles d'Avinyonet - Alt Penedès - Catalonia
Bottle: 75cl
Vintage: 2023
Grape Varieties: 65% Garnacha Blanca and 35% Malvasía de Sitges
Type: Natural White Wine
Alcohol Content: 12% vol.
Serving Temperature: 6º - 8º C.
Ovella Negra is a natural white wine, very Mediterranean and aromatic, made by Ramon Jané, viticultor of Mas Candí. The wine is a blend of the varieties Garnatxa Blanca and Malvasía de Sitges from organic grapes grown on the family's vineyard "La Salada" in Les Gunyoles d'Avinyonet, Alt Penedès, where there are a few vines of White Garnatxa over 60 years old.
Production:
Hand-harvested, destemmed, and macerated for 1 week. Alcoholic fermentation with native yeasts in stainless steel tanks.
Aged in stainless steel tanks with its lees for 8 months.
Bottled unfiltered and with no sulphite added. SO2 < 10 mg/l.
Tasting Notes: Natural wine with a distinct Mediterranean character, aromatic, with tropical fruit and citrus notes. Excellent freshness, savoury, floral notes, and a light honeyed touch.
THE WINERY
Mas Candí is a very successful joint venture of four young people with an interest in making their own wines from the vines planted by their grandparents on their family's land in Les Gunyoles d'Avinyonet, Alt Penedès, where the Mas Candi Cellar was built in 2006.
All of them, winegrowers and artisan winemakers, have a passionate and restless character to create and try new avenues. As great defenders of native varieties, they have recovered almost extinct Catalan native varieties, and their viticulture practices are always environmentally conscious, using no herbicides or pesticides.
