The Santos Brujos Estate:
- Santos Brujos is one of the few wineries in the region that has taken the steps to become certified organic and biodynamic. Certified by the CCOF, USDA and Demeter, they perhaps more dedicated to this approach than anyone else we have seen thus far. Even the name "Santos Brujos", which translates to "Saintly Witches" makes reference to the practice prescribed by Rudolf Steiner, (the founder of Biodynamic farming) by which the amendments to the soil and plants are prepared and stirred at length by hand.
- All wines come from estate vineyards that are organically and biodynamically farmed.
- All of the wines are made in a 'natural' style with native yeast fermentation, no additives, and have very minimal sulfites added at bottling for stability.
Total production: 5 wines, 2,000 cases
2015 Ananda - Santos Brujos
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
A once in a lifetime opportunity, we received just a few bottles of this wine direct from the cellars of the estate. The 2015 Ananda represents the first edition of a two barrel production of the estate’s finest grapes. Rich and brooding, and, (at 6 years in the bottle) still chiseled and tightly wound, this is an excellent example of the heights to which wine from this region can reach. A 1,000 liter cuvee that amounts to 990 bottles, this is one the best efforts Mexico has to offer.
82 cases made
Drinking window: Upon release (with a decant) - 20 years
Vintage:
2015
Blend:
100% Tempranillo
Producer:
Santos Brujos
Winemaker:
Luis Pecina Garcia - Spanish born, lives in Mexico
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - Estate vineyards, located in the center of the valley approximately 8 miles from the Pacific at an elevation of 900 ft. Soils are a sandy clay marl.
Winemaking:
Extended maceration of 3 days then fermented on native yeasts in French oak barrels, racked and aged in new French oak of the absolute highest quality for 12 months . Bottled unfiltered.
Sulfites: 13 ppm
Farming:
Biodynamic, organic, sustainable
Alcohol:
13.5%
