Herencia Altes La Cirereta Organic 2019
This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2024
This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
International Wine & Spirit Competition 2024
About the wine
Garnacha's juiciness, Carignan's character and Syrah's strength come together in this beautifully balanced wine
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Aside from their main vineyards where they make most of their wines, Núria and Rafael farm a patchwork of beautiful (but tiny) old-vine plots that produce super-delicious grapes but in quantities far too small to make single variety wines. Meaning they had all this lush fruit ageing away in barrels with no idea of what to do with it.
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To save this amazing kit from an uncertain end, we asked if they could blend us a completely new and unique wine, just for Angels. The result was La Cirereta, a perfectly balanced red packed with mouth-watering flavours of brambles, berries and ripe red cherries.
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Usually found making premium wines for high-end Spanish restaurants, La Cirereta is a bit of an experimental passion project for Núria and Rafael. With Angel backing they were finally able to devote time and funds to creating this juicy-smooth, deliciously fruity wine. Now you get to enjoy the benefits.
Best before
Drink now to 2027
Serving advice
Serve at 12-14°C
Food match
Roast chicken/ pork would work well with this serious but lighter style of wine. Lighter risotto and pasta dishes making use of mushroom, pork and tomato ingredients.
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Spain
Catalonia
Garnacha Blend
Fruity Red
14.5% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Núria Altés and Rafael de Haan
- Núria Altés comes from a long line of grape-growers. From playing in her grandfather’s vines as a child to bottling her first wine with her father’s grapes, Núria is proud of her winemaking roots. So in 2010 Núria and her partner Rafael set up a little winery in the Terra Alta region - called Herència Altés.
- What makes their wines so special is the grapes come exclusively from Núria's family vineyards which host a selection of seasoned old vines ranging from 40 to 90 years old. In other words you're getting impeccable concentrated flavours you don't find on the average supermarket shelf.
- They’ve gone from strength to strength, picking up awards and Parker Points galore. That was until Covid-19 turned their world upside down. Luckily, 3,000 Angels stepped in and snapped up a case of their premium wines. Angel support means they can plan their future harvests with confidence.
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