RIM Emporda, Emporda Blanc 'Jan' 2021

30% Grenache Blanc, 30% Grenache Gris, 20% Macabeu, 20% Carignan Blanc and a mix rare native Empordà white varieties (Picapoll, Jaqueì, Jauminc, SaixalaÌ)   Organic   Emporda, Catalonia, Spain   All white varieties co-macerated for 24 hours, pressed off to ferment in stainless steel tank. Rested on full lees for around six months before bottling. This rarest of wines from RIM comes from one single bush-trained vineyard, 100+ years of age. One of the oldest parcels at the heart of the bottling belongs and is tended to by Jordi’s elder friend in Rabós named Jan; it was planted by Jan’s grandfather immediately after phylloxera destroyed most vineyards in the area. The vineyard is only .2ha, and is predominantly planted to red varieties, so the quantity of Jan Blanc produced is miniscule. An homage to knowledge of viticulture in Empordà from an earlier time.   Jordi Esteve is a really special human and vigneron. Born in Girona, but with ancestral roots in the tiny Alt Empordà village of Ra