Moscatel grapes for their flagship Molino Real wine come from nine hectares of organically grown bush-trained vines on steep slate slopes at elevations between 350 and 1,000 meters, located around the village of Cómpeta, in the rugged Axarquía region in Málaga.
VINIFICATION
The grapes undergo two selection processes: one in the vineyard during a manual harvest and another in the pasera as they dry. Once suitably dried, the grapes are pressed traditionally in an olive oil press with capachas, esparto mats. Most of the harvest is lost to dehydration, as 10 kilos of grapes are needed to produce 2.5 kilos of raisins, which yields just one liter of juice to ferment into wine. Fermentation is long and slow, with indigenous yeasts in 225L oak barrels, where the wine slowly matures at low temperature for 20 months.
TASTING NOTE
Herbal and fresh and less varietal than other vintages. It’s subtle and balanced, sweet without excess. A rich, long-lived, sweet wine that honors the tradition and history of the historic “mountain wines” of Málaga and takes its place among the world’s greatest sweet wines.
FOOD PAIRING
Cheese
