# Erràtica Brisat (2023)

- **Producer:** Los Comuns
- **Colour:** orange
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Garnacha Blanca
- **Region:** Catalonia, Spain
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 13.0%
- **Average price:** €22
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 10–12 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** apricot, peach, orange, fennel, herbaceous, cedar, smoke, dried apricot, almond, hazelnut

## About this wine

Los Comuns is a low-intervention natural winemaking project founded by childhood friends Jordi Escoda and Agustí Perelló, who carried out their first harvest together in 2010. Situated around the rugged landscapes of El Molar and Marçà near the Priorat and Montsant border in Catalonia, the estate focuses on traditional varieties grown in rebellious, dry-farmed terrains. Erràtica Brisat is the producer's skin-contact expression of Garnacha Blanca, reflecting the wild terroir of Southern Catalonia without regional appellation constraints.

## Interesting facts

- The wine is bottled as an unclassified Vino de España despite being grown in the heart of the Priorat comarca.
- Los Comuns has an extremely limited micro-production of only 3,000 to 4,000 bottles annually across all their cuvées.
- The name 'Brisat' refers to the historic Catalan terminology for skin-macerated white wines.

## Food pairing

As a natural orange wine with slight tannic grip, crisp acidity, and savory skin-contact complexity, Erràtica Brisat pairs exceptionally well with rich, savory, and lightly fatty dishes. The slight phenolics cut through pork, rich rice dishes, and aged sheep cheeses, while matching the earthy character of roasted vegetables.

## Wine making process

Grapes are hand-harvested from organically farmed vineyards grown on clay-limestone soils. The vinification process follows traditional Catalan 'brisat' (skin-contact) methods. Fermentation occurs spontaneously using indigenous yeasts without temperature manipulation or additives. The wine undergoes maceration on the grape skins before aging in oak barrels. It is bottled unclarified, unfiltered, and without any added sulfites.