Gonzalo Gonzalo The Wine Love Gran Cerdo - Grain & Vine | Natural Wines, Rare Bourbon and Tequila Collection

Gonzalo Gonzalo The Wine Love Gran Cerdo

$ 18

"Gran Cerdo" Tempranillo is all about the purest expression of fruit with whole bunch fermentation, no filtration, no stabilization and minimal sulphur. The result is a pure and fresh Tempranillo with notes ot red and dark fruit, lavender and savory herb with hints or earthy spice. Bright acidity and moderate tannin provide structure, making this a perfect pairing for many foods, especially grilled, cured or roast meat dishes and traditional Spanish cheeses.

 

The back label: "Gran Cerdo is a great wine dedicated to the bank executives that denied loans to us on the basis that wine is not a seizable asset. One day, these greasy and sweaty corporate suits will find that the best things in life cannot be impounded. Thanks to our friends help, we were finally able to bottle this wine. Now you can enjoy it with pasta or ham."

Sometimes the name describes it all perfectly. The Wine Love is the aptly named project headed by the two free-spirits, Gonzalo Gonzalo and Mar Mota. Gonzalo Gonzalo was born in Logroño, the capital city of La Rioja, Spain. His family’s vineyards, where he spent a great deal of his childhood, are just west of there in the town of Fuenmayor. He says that he was raised among the grape vines there. After finishing university, where he studied biology and oenology, he was able to travel and come in contact with a number of smaller winemakers in France and Italy, where he learned about new grape varieties and methods of production. Upon returning to Spain, Gonzalo Gonzalo worked as a winemaker in a large, industrial winery briefly before leaving it in 2003 to pursue his personal desire to create natural wines.

Mar Cambero Azcárat, or simply Mar Mota, hails from a family of artisan barrel makers and studied oenology and chemistry at the University of La Rioja. She has been described as, “A lover of fine wines both elegant and subtle, but an enemy of forced reactions and reverse osmosis” and she is a firm believer in the positive merits of biodynamics. It should also be mentioned that she is the designer of these wonderful labels.

 


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