# Mas dels Fils (2023)

- **Producer:** Celler RIM
- **Colour:** orange
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Garnatxa Roja
- **Region:** Catalonia, Spain
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 12.0%
- **Average price:** €22
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 10–12 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** blossom, apricot, orange, peach, dried apricot

## About this wine

Celler RIM was founded by winemaker and ethnographer Jordi Esteve Xifra in Rabós d'Empordà, Catalonia. The project focuses on recovering ancient, forgotten vine parcels and preserving indigenous winemaking traditions in the Alt Empordà region. Mas dels Fils is sourced from a single 50-year-old vineyard planted with Garnatxa Roja on pure slate soils, which were historically cultivated for traditional Catalan Rancio wines before being revived.

## Interesting facts

- Made from Garnatxa Roja, a rare pinkish-skinned indigenous variety native to the Alt Empordà region.
- Winemaker Jordi Esteve Xifra is also an ethnographer dedicated to reviving historical Catalan vineyards.
- Grown on ancient 50-year-old vines rooted in pure slate soils known locally as llicorella.

## Food pairing

The vibrant acidity, subtle skin-contact tannins, and mineral salinity pair wonderfully with olive oil, fresh tomatoes, grilled seafood, and cured savory meats.

## Wine making process

The hand-harvested grapes are 100% destemmed and undergo 2 days of skin maceration before pressing to extract subtle tannins and amber color. Spontaneous fermentation occurs with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine is aged for 4 months on static lees in stainless steel and bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with zero added sulfites.