Colombia Monteblanco Grape Co-Ferment

Tasting Notes: Grape Kool Aid, Childhood, Welchs Processing: Grape co-ferment washed Producer:  Rodrigo Sanchez Valencia Location:  Finca Monteblanco, Huila, Colombia Altitude: 1730masl Varietals: Purple Caturra Bio: Finca Monteblanco, located high along the winding mountain roads of Vereda La Tocora in the San Adolfo municipality above Pitalito, is a family farm managed by Rodrigo Sanchez Valencia in the tradition of coffee cultivation that began with his grandfather. Monteblanco’s 18 hectares sit on the crest of a hill, with the wet mill and drying facilities at the top of the farm and slopes of coffee planted below. In 2002 Rodrigo participated in a local program teaching local children of coffee producers to cup. Before that, he and his family had never considered coffee in terms of cup profile. By learning to differentiate profiles, he and his father and grandfather were able to make the connections between the farming techniques they applied and coffee’s resulting attributes in t