SPRING | 2024

FEATURED PRODUCER:

MERIDIANO PERDIDO

(From the winemaker) --> Vinos de Pasto is the denomination that has been used in the lands of the Marco de Jerez —Sherryland— to differentiate the still wines, without heading, from the fortified wines. The Pasto Wines, formerly, were part of the range of Marco de Jerez wines. They are young white wines that may even have a little aging. 

Now we are in full revaluation of this type of wine. The producers are recovering them because they help to understand the culture, tradition and history of Jerez.

It is a way of focusing on the care of the vineyard, of dignifying the work of the viticulturist,
of talking about the different soils and Pagos —single vineyards— that make up our Marco. Because sherry is not the only child of cellar aging; but also, of centuries-old and coarse vines of millenary albarizas that, together with the climate, give unique characteristics to Pasto Wines.

from Michael Skurnik website: "Meridiano Perdido" 2021 by  Joaquín Gómez Beser is from an organically-farmed vineyard (La Mendoza) in the Pago Cerro Pelado, which is in the NW corner of Jerez. The two most prominent subtypes of Albariza there are Tosca Cerrada and Barajuelas. Very noteworthy is that the vineyard was planted in the 1960s, and was not re-grafted (98% of the Marco de Jerez was re-grafted to the productive Californiano clone of Palomino between 1973-1980). So there are eight or nine different clones in play. 

Joaquín makes the wine in a cortijo (farm) a couple kilometers from the vineyard. It’s fermented in used 500L French barrels and 100+ year-old ex-Fino butts. Flor is a function of vintage. He encourages more flor in warmer vintages because the glycerin consumption of the organism gives the wines a fresher feel. He doesn’t acidify, so essentially the only way to impart linearity on the wines is to reduce their glycerin content.

The story of the Meridiano Perdido is that during the Anglo-Spanish War in the late 16th / early 17th centuries, there were two meridians – one in Greenwich and one in Cádiz. England’s victory over the Spanish Armada led to the consolidation of Greenwich as the sole meridian, leaving that of Cádiz “lost”. The label image is a painting by Rocío Cano Guzmán, who is a noteworthy Jerezana painter (and Joaquín’s wife).

(From Enramistas) --> choosing to call both the project and the white wine, or vino de pasto, his Meridiano is poignant: it is the reference point.  The place where the project finds its bearings.  The place to which to return to find one's way: the vineyards, the land, the marriage of sea and soil, ocean and albariza. 

ENRAMISTA CLUB RELEASE INFO SPRING 2024

VINO DE PASTO (Unfortified, white wine) - Meridiano Perdido Vinyl La Mendoza, 2021 (750ml)

MANZANILLA - La Ina, Macarena (750ml)

FINO - Cézar Florido, Fino (375ml)

AMONTILLADO - Barbadillo, Amontillado En Rama Criadera Selection (750ml)

OLOROSO - Gutiérrez Colosia, Oloroso (750ml)

MOSCATEL - Gutiérrez Colosia, Moscatel (375ml)