4 Kilos Vinicola - Tanuki Bob, Mallorca, Spain (2020)

TASTING NOTES

Bright strawberry and sweet candy are met with pepper, dried herbs and excellent acidity. Playful and satisfying, Tanuki Bob lingers on the palate with just the right right amount of weight, but this is a light and breezy wine...with low tannins but plenty of dry, savoury flavour - this is dangerously drinkable. 

Made entirely from Manto Negro in cal vermell soils (red clay), the hand picked grapes spend 9 months in 4000L French oak foudres, followed by 9 months in stainless steel and another 6 months in bottle.

Humble beginnings are part of the 4Kilos origin story. A “kilo” is old Spanish slang for one million Pesetas, Spain’s former currency. 4Kilos founders Francesc Grimalt and Sergio Cabellero’s investment of 4 million Pesetas (the equivalent of $35,000 Canadian dollars, modest for the industry) birthed this renowned winery.

With limited resources and excellent grapes, they produced their first wine on the stunning island of Mallorca with the help of an older grapegrower, fermenting the wine in old milk refrigeration units. Officially launching in 2007, they converted a former sheep farm into what is now the 4Kilos winery. 

Francesc is a gifted winemaker and former partner of Mallorca’s Ànima Negra winery. Sergio is a musician and founding partner of Sónar Barcelona, an electronic music and arts festival. Together they are unstoppable, effortlessly expressing the beauty of Mallorcan grapes under an ultra-slick brand.