# Megamillonarios (2023)

- **Producer:** Pequeños y Salvajes
- **Colour:** orange
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Chasselas Doré
- **Region:** Sierra de Gredos, Spain
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 12.0%
- **Average price:** €20
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 9–12 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** eucalyptus, herbaceous, orange, fennel

## About this wine

Megamillonarios is a skin-contact orange wine produced by Victoria 'Vicky' Sánchez and Nahuel Ibarra under their project Pequeños y Salvajes in the Sierra de Gredos region. Leaving high-end Michelin-starred gastronomy behind, the duo established their micro-winery with a focus on ecological farming and natural vinification under the mentorship of Fabio Bartolomei. The wine's provocative name serves as a commentary on contemporary environmental issues, while showcasing low-yield, high-elevation Chasselas Doré vines grown on calcareous soils.

## Interesting facts

- The wine's full title critiques global environmental degradation caused by extreme wealth.
- The winemakers previously worked in 3-star Michelin gastronomy before founding Pequeños y Salvajes.
- It is crafted from Chasselas Doré, an uncommon variety in Sierra de Gredos.

## Food pairing

The wine's crisp mountain acidity, light skin tannins, and herbal profile complement bold, spicy, fermented, and umami-rich flavors that would overwhelm delicate white wines or clash with heavy red tannins.

## Wine making process

The grapes are organically grown and hand-harvested from old mountain vines. Vinification follows traditional amber wine skin-contact methods. Fermentation occurs spontaneously with indigenous yeasts without temperature manipulation or additives. The wine undergoes aging in stainless steel tanks to maintain mineral focus and freshness, and is bottled unclarified, unfiltered, and without added sulfites.