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Wine Description
The Story
Our first organic wine (third vintage) made with Grenache grape and coming from the DO Terra Alta. We select the vines grown organically located in the highest altitude areas. El Mago is our new challenge to produce an organic wine with local growers. El Mago means the wizard echoing the magic of changing grapes into wine. It is also the contraction of the name of my daughter Maya and son Hugo, my 5 years old son (modesty apart) is the master ...
Vintage 2013
Spain’s 2013 wine vintage was one of the most challenging, cold, and wet seasons in modern history, resulting in a late, protracted harvest that tested winemakers across the country. A freezing, rainy spring delayed flowering and fruit set, while summer conditions remained unseasonably cool with intermittent rain, disease pressure (botrytis and mildew), and hail. In Rioja and Ribera del Duero, harvest dragged late into November, forcing qualit...