The Carrodilla Estate
- This estate represents the first certified organic and biodynamic vineyards in Mexico.
- All of the monovarietal wines are made from estate fruit.
- Their southwestern facing vineyard site is located 11 miles up the Valle de Guadalupe from the Pacific at an elevation of 1,000 ft.
- They are one of the first wineries in Mexico to make a fully certified organic and biodynamic wine.
- Their organic certifications come from the USDA and CCOF.
- Their biodynamic certification comes from IMO, with a second certification from Demeter planned to take effect in 2020.
- To visit Carrodilla is to visit a true working farm, only part of the project is growing grapes and making wine.
Total production: 34.5 acres under vine, 7 wines, 3,500 cases
2019 Asi se va las Estrellas Blanco - La Carrodilla
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
Perhaps the most voluptuous white wine from Valle de Guadalupe, “Asi se va las Estrellas” (This is how you get to the stars) is a 100% Chardonnay made from the best grapes of the 2017 harvest.
Built in a New World style, this offering takes the rich and buttery dimensions of chardonnay to their logical conclusion. Decadent and enveloping with a seductive nose and elegant mouthfeel of this wine need to be tasted to be believed. Previously available only to the immediate family, of the 70 cases made 2 were allocated to the US.
70 cases made - only 2 cases allocated to the US
Drinking window: Upon release - 5 years
Vintage:
2019
Blend:
100% Chardonnay
Producer:
La Carrodilla
Winemaker:
Gustavo Gonzales - Mexican
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - select clos of estate vineyards planted at 950 ft elevation in soils of a red clay and calcareous sand mix. Vines planted in 2008.
Winemaking:
Fermentation occured in new french oak barrels and then racked off the lees and aged for another 12 months in 4th use French oak barrels.
Sulfites: 70 ppm
Farming:
Organic, sustainable
Alcohol:
14.0%