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.
- 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, 14 wines, 8,500 cases
2024 Chenin Blanc - La Carrodilla
Tasting Notes and Drinking Window:
While this has always been a classic chenin built in a Loire style, the winery pivoted towards a Jura approach in this vintage in which they allowed the wine to partially oxidize via the sous voile method. There’s not much similarity between this and the previous vintages, which is important to recognize, but for those who like the style of France’s iconic “Vin Jaune”, this is going to be right up your alley. While it can be consumed on its own, this type of wine is far more typically used to pair with particular foods from the Jura region, such as aged Comté cheese, walnuts, and cream sauces that have mushrooms as a main ingredient. Production was small in 2024, but the US received 100 cases which is double the allocation from 2023 so there’s a touch more to go around.
150 cases made
Drinking window: Now - 7 years
Vintage:
2024
Blend:
100% Chenin Blanc
Producer:
La Carrodilla
Winemaker:
Gustavo A. Gonzalez - Mexican
Vineyards:
Valle de Guadalupe - Estate vineyards, 950 ft elevation, decomposed granite with clay - amendments per organic specifications.
Winemaking:
Hand harvested on the 22nd of August and manually selected before a whole cluster press and fermentation in stainless steel tanks for 4 weeks. After fermentation, the wine was left to settle in stainless tanks for another 3 months.
Sulfites: 17 ppm
Farming:
Organic, sustainable
Alcohol:
13.2%
