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:
Lover of white wine but looking for a new twist? If you haven't discovered Chenin Blanc, this biodynamic organic Chenin is an excellent place to start. This wine has consistently gotten better as the estate has refined its approach to farming, harvesting and work in the cellar and it’s all in prime form in this vintage. This holds the same light and pretty body of the 2023 with perhaps a touch more delineation in the aromatics.
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. That said, this one goes so fast you’ll still be lucky to get your hands on a bottle. Ready to drink right away, this will hold and evolve in the bottle for 5 years or more.
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%
