Pardas - 'Sus Scrofa', Catalunya, Spain (2022)

TASTING NOTES

The light to medium purple wine boasts a delightful aroma of red and black berries, with distinctive Sumoll tannins perfectly balanced with bright fruit. And as expected from all Pardas wines, the palate is infused with refreshing salinity and Mediterranean herbs. A true testament to the skill and passion of the winemakers

Get ready for a wild ride with Sus Scrofa, the wine named after the symbol of Celler Pardas - the wild boar. This emblematic wine is the result of the painstaking restoration of abandoned vines by Ramon and his team. Made using 100% Sumoll grapes grown on chalky-clay soil, the wine is macerated and aged for four months in century-old concrete tanks without any oak influence.

Free of herbicides, pesticides or other chemicals, the hand-picked grapes are subjected to a variety of vinification techniques to bring out their singular qualities, as does the 12 months of aging in French oak. 

The Bitlles River which flows through the valley significantly influences the mountain relief, humidity, wind direction, and soil types of the estate, creating a complex microclimate that produces an incredible grape and wine. 

Ramon Parera and Jordi Arnan of Pardas are in the forefront of the varietal revolution happening in Penedès. When they took over an abandoned estate, Can Comas, in 1996, they used the opportunity to painstakingly revive, replant and regraft the existing vineyards over to forgotten and nearly extinct local grape varieties that had fallen into disuse during the internationalization of the wine industry in previous decades. The focus is primarily on Xarel-lo, Sumoll, and an increasing amount of Malvasia de Sitges, a grape Ramon calls the “Riesling of the Mediterranean”.