Casa Balaguer "Tragolargo" Alicante Blanco 2024

Importer's Notes

The estate’s main white wine embraces their 'mar y montaña' philosophy. Half own-rooted Moscatel grown in pure sandy soils within the Parque Natural de La Mata in Torrevieja close to the Mediterranean at sea level, and half Malvasía grown on pink marl soils at the Paraje Cascante in Villena close to the winery at 550m elevation. The grapes were hand-harvested and fermented separately, both destemmed and macerated whole-berry in stainless steel tanks and clay tinajas, the Malvasía on skins for 1 week and the Moscatel for 3-4 weeks. The wine was then gently pneumatic pressed, combined and raised in stainless steel tank on fine lees for 6-8 months. The finished wine was lightly filtered and given a small dose of SO2 before bottling.