2021 Las Pedreras Las Burbujas de Arquitn Pet Nat Ros Sierra de Gredos, Spain

The grapes are destemmed and pressed directly, fermented with native yeasts and then bottled before the fermentation is complete to create the bubbles in the ancestral method.

Los Arquitones is the neighborhood where Guzmns family is from, a hike outside of modern-day Villanueva into the Sierra. There are no vineyards nowadays in Los Arquitones, but Brbara and Guzmn make still and sparkling ross in homage to his familys roots. This ros pet nat is 100% Garnacha from two small 70-year-old, organically-farmed vineyards planted on granitic sandy soils at 900-950 meters altitude in the neighboring village of Navatalgordo. The grapes were harvested in early September, destemmed, pressed directly, fermented with native yeasts, then bottled before fermentation completed in order to spur bubbles in the ancestral method, as fermentation finished in the bottle. Brbara and Guzmn believe a full year on the lees is required to achieve a refined bubble, and they disgorged the bottles on December 10th, 2022. Disgorging is rare in pet nat production, but Brbara and Guzmn believe it is vital to the clearest, fullest expression of the wine.