Note
The white
Treixadura, 2024
- Where
- Vilanova dos Infantes, Ourense. Three hundred people, one bakery, and the vines start where the houses end.
- Who
- Amparo. A hectare and a half on the slope behind the church, and her third harvest on her own.
- Open it with
- Cold, with the tin, before anyone sits down. It travels badly, so it comes in wood.
- When someone asks
- A white from Ribeiro, treixadura, kept in old wood. That's the whole answer.
The red
Garnacha, 2022
- Where
- Cebreros, Ávila. Vines at nine hundred metres, planted in the fifties, on sand and granite.
- Who
- Bruno. Four plots that don't touch each other, and a winery he rents by the month.
- Open it with
- Open the red on a Tuesday. It's better than it looks. Give it an hour, or pour it into a jug.
- When someone asks
- Garnacha from Cebreros, old vines, high and cold. Picked in October.
Three things from the pantry.
Sheep's cheese, six months
From a dairy two valleys over. Cut it thin and eat it with the white, before the red comes out.
Mussels in escabeche, sixteen to the tin
Open them first, with the white. Keep the sauce for the bread.
Stone-ground flour, one kilo
From the mill at the bottom of the village. It makes a slow bread, and that bread goes with the red.
Four lines a bottle, and the rest is in the box.
