Costador Metamorphika Macabeu Orange 2022

An original take on Macabeu, this weighty wine is produced from some stunning high-altitude vineyards. The seventy-year-old vines are grown on soils rich in clay, limestone and quartz with the grapes undergoing a long maceration on the skins followed by ageing in clay amphora. Full-bodied and vibrant, with notes of candied citrus peel, red apples, and stony minerals.

Costador terroirs are single-vineyards, organic wines produced from old vines. Mountains vineyards maximum highs of 864 meters. The majority of the fermentation is carried out in clay amphorae called Tinajas. The orange wines are fermented with whole berries with skin contact during 6 to 8 weeks. The final juice is a real & authentic wine with a natural taste.

They work with autochthon Catalan varieties and another with singular terroirs. Costador is around 15 different plots of vines, scattered around Tarragona province, but mostly centred around Conca de Barberà, with mountain as well as Mediterranean influences. The soil around here is mostly calcareous and this limestone minerality shines through in the wines.