【New Arrival】The Amphorae Wines from Celler del Roure

Established in 1995 as a family estate by Pablo Calatayud, Cellar del Roure's sandy-loam vineyards are at 600 metres altitude, nestled under Sierra La Solana. The nearest town, Moixent, is an hour or so south-west inland from Valencia.

洛赫酒庄作为一个家族酒庄，由帕布洛·卡拉塔依德创建于1995年。酒庄的葡萄园坐落在索拉纳山脉脚下，海拔600米，其土壤以砂土为主。离这里最近的小镇莫仙特，位于距离瓦伦西亚市区一小时左右车程的西南部地区。

The winemaking philosophy here, led by young winemaker Javier Revert, is to embrace the traditional methods of ageing but without the influence of oak flavour. He achieves this by using Tinajas - large clay amphorae - to ferment and mature the wines. This area has a 2400 year culture of winemaking from locally adapted varieties. Apart from the 20th century, 2300 years of this was a legacy of fermentation and ageing in amphorae.

年轻的酿酒师哈维尔·雷维特是酒庄的酿酒师，他的酿酒哲学是发扬当地的传统酿造工艺，减少或消除橡木的风味。他采用当地称为Tinajas的一种大陶土罐进行酒的发酵与陈酿。在当地，葡萄酒酿造有长达2400年的历史，在20世纪之前的2300年，当地人都是采用这种陶土罐来进行葡萄酒的发酵和陈酿。

The property focuses mostly on indigenous grapes that are local to Valencia. This includes garnacha and monastrell but also the lesser-known Mandó Tinto variety. Most of the vineyards were planted in the 1990s and are aged around 20 years - the first production was vintage 2000.

酒庄致力于采用瓦伦西亚当地的本土葡萄品种的酿造，如歌海娜，慕合怀特，还有一款更为小众的葡萄品种——曼朵。葡萄园中的葡萄大多种植于20世纪90年代，树龄已经超过20年。酒庄出产的第一个年份2000年。

3 Oct, 2014

Last Saturday, we visited bodega El Celler del Roure in Moixent. The welcome was just fantastic! A very kind elderly man told us: Welcome to your home! And you  become fascinated by the beauty of the landscape and the man's kindness. To start the visit, the whole group stayed under an almond tree following his explanations of how he lived among the natives in different rainforests in Africa. He used to be a wicker craftsman who needed to learn how to shape different forms using this material.

Afterwards, he started explaining which are the autochtonous varieties of the area (Mandó and Monastrell) and how they grow in this excellent land for vines. The high altitude (600 metres above sea level) and cold winters give extra flavours to the grapes. His great knowledge of agriculture and life in general makes you feel proud of how the elderly people in our country struggled to live during post-war times. All their experiences make them wise men for us.

The visit continues through the winery where we saw the deposits where their line of wines is stored. Depending on the wine grape variety, different conditions are needed. And he continued talking and explaining the most accurate details on their production process.

After that, a great surprise!!! An underground wine cellar dug in stone!!! He explained that some archaeologists are studying its exact origins but they presume it is from the Roman era, as the Via Augusta (the Roman way through Spain to Rome) crosses the town. By the winery, there is an archaeological site from the 4th century BC called Bastida de les Alcusses [Alcusses being the name of another of the producer's bottlings]. Lots of Iberian remains have been found, which give us the idea of how those people drank wine at that time. So, as you see, this land is very special since ancient times!!!