Parés Baltà, Materia Prima, Orange wine 2025

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Parés Baltà are one of Penedès's most adventurous organic estates, and Materia Prima is where they really let their hair down. Made from Xarel·lo - the backbone grape of Cava, here given an entirely different life - it spends extended time on its skins, picking up that characteristic amber hue, a grippy tannin structure, and a savoury, oxidative edge that makes it unlike anything else in the Parés Baltà range. This is orange wine in its most honest form: no artifice, no trend-chasing, just an ancient winemaking technique applied to a grape that turns out to be rather well suited to it. We find it beautifully poised between the fruity generosity of the Catalan sun and the earthy, bitter-almond complexity that skin contact brings. Dried apricot, quince, chamomile, a hint of beeswax, and that saline, mineral thread that Xarel·lo always carries.

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