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Vinicola De NullesTarragona, Catalunya, Spain
About this wine
Vinícola de Nulles is the 1917-founded co-operative winery in Nulles (Tarragona, Catalunya), housed in a Modernist Cathedral-of-Wine building designed by Cèsar Martinell, a disciple of Antoni Gaudí. The co-op pulls fruit from 90 grower-members across roughly 400 hectares around the village. Parabolic is the organic-certified line, focused here on a Merlot (80%) and Tempranillo (20%) blend from member parcels in the DO Tarragona. Catalunya's interior climate gives Merlot more savoury structure and Tempranillo more acidity than the same grapes deliver further south; 12.5% alcohol is on the restrained end. A useful organic Catalan red for trade accounts wanting Spain at an accessible price point with a producer story (the 1919 Modernist building is a tourism destination in its own right).
Winemaking
Certified organic farming across the contributing grower-members' plots. Sourced through Vinícola de Nulles' co-operative structure (90 growers, around 400 hectares).