Bodega Clandestina Malvat

Winemaker: Ferran Lacruz

Appellation: Penedes, Catalonia, Spain

Grape Varieties: Malvasia

This is a vinification of a small plot of Malvasia from a very high altitude.

Vinification Method: Grapes are hand harvested macerate at cold temperatures for a short time before being pressed. The wine ferments in 3 54 liter demijohns and 1 160 liter amphora. After a long slow fermentation of over 1 month, the wine is racked off the gross lees and returned to demijohns to age for 5 months. The wine is bottled, unfined and unfiltered and with zero addition of sulfur. 

Ferran Lacruz farms 8 hectares of vines in Catalonia, in the small village of Sant Marti Sarroca, in the heart of the Penedès wine region. Ferran started this project with his first vintage of 2018. He works completely outside of any appellation, farms the grapes organically, and is not adding anything to any of the wines. All the grapes are hand-harvested, and nothing is filtered or fined. Ferran grew up in this part of Catalonia, and since being a small child was seduced by the landscape, natural beauty, and the important of wine producing in the culture. He studied tourism in college, which left him feeling unfulfilled. So, with a friend, he began to embark on the journey of becoming a winemaker, looking to produce clean natural wines that express his homeland with honesty.