Profile
1947Since
- Since
- 1947 (family winery) · own project since 2018
- Vineyard
- Old dry-farmed terraces in the Vall de Xaló · limestone and clay-limestone
- Production
- Short runs: about 400 bottles of Insurrecte
- Varieties
- Muscat of Alexandria, Giró, Trepadell
- In the vineyard
- Dry-farmed, hand harvest, no synthetic chemicals
- In the cellar
- Native yeasts, clay jar, ageing under flor in Insurrecte, minimal sulphur dioxide
Oscar Mestre is a winemaker and the fourth generation of Bodegas Riko, in Xaló, in the Marina Alta of Alicante. The family mostly sold bulk wine; in 2018 the project of Oscar's own began, with the oldest vines of the house and with abandoned dry-farmed terraces that are gradually being recovered.
Works Muscat of Alexandria and Giró, and revives local varieties such as Trepadell. Hand harvest, native-yeast fermentation and minimal sulphur dioxide. Insurrecte comes from vines of about fifty years old: it ferments in 350-litre clay jars and ages five months on lees, with a light veil of flor.
Their wines
6 wines- Renaix Passió 24 Moscatel / No ageing
- Insurrecte 24 Moscatel / Skin maceration / 5 months on fine lees / 1 months under flor
- Trepadell 22 Trepadell / 6 months in demijohn and French oak
- Renaix Giro 24 70% Giró and 30% Syrah / No ageing
- Giro 22 Giro / 12 months in French oak / 12 months in bottle
- Pasa Origen 19 50cl Sweet / Muscat of Alexandria / 2 years in French oak and old amontillado casks / Collab. Pepe Mendoza · Sold out
White
Red
Sweet and fortified
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