# Fig 5 (2024)

- **Producer:** Vino Figura
- **Colour:** white
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier
- **Region:** Baja California, Mexico
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 12.8%
- **Average price:** €33
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 10–12 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** peach, apricot, lemon, grapefruit, herbaceous, toast, butter

## About this wine

Vino Figura is a low-intervention, small-production winery project founded by Daniel Erasmo Kelly in Baja California, Mexico. Raised in Valle de Guadalupe, Kelly pursued culinary arts before shifting focus to winemaking, gaining experience across New Zealand, Chile, and Oregon. Returning home, he established the Figura project to showcase local independent grape growers working under challenging climatic conditions. Fig 5 is sourced from Antonio Moreno's vineyard in San Antonio de Las Minas, planted in 2010 on sandy clay soils near the foothills.

## Interesting facts

- Winemaker Daniel Erasmo Kelly honed his minimal-intervention craft across New Zealand, Chile, and Oregon.
- Despite being a white wine blend, it undergoes 2 to 3 weeks of skin contact during fermentation.
- The grapes spend their first 24 hours in a cold room to protect natural aromatics before fermentation.

## Food pairing

The wine's bright acidity cuts cleanly through rich seafood and spicy dishes, while the light phenolics from skin contact and lees aging provide enough structure to match light meats, roasted chicken, and creamy cheeses.

## Wine making process

Hand-harvested early to preserve natural acidity and vibrant aromatics, the grapes spend 24 hours in a cold room before destemming. Primary fermentation occurs in stainless steel tanks with daily pump-overs during two to three weeks of skin maceration. Near the end of primary fermentation, the wine is gently pressed into neutral French oak barrels (500L and 225L) where it undergoes complete malolactic fermentation and ages on fine lees for 8 to 10 months. It is bottled unfined and unfiltered with a minimal total sulfur addition of 10 ppm.