Vinos Pijoan "Collage Blanco" 2024

"Collage Blanco" is a fresh, aromatic white blend of Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc grapes from Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe, offering subtle fruit, citrus and a marine note. Straw yellow color with silver sheen, like a mirror. Bright and fruity with a light lactic touch, typical of the character of lees contact. Ideal as an aperitif.

The grapes are hand-harvested, crushed and pressed, then clarified by gravity through natural sedimentation. Once sufficient sediment has settled, the juice is racked for fermentation in stainless steel then transferred to oak barrels. Spontaneous fermentation takes place for six days, allowing the vineyard's character to express itself, before being inoculated with a neutral yeast to control the end of fermentation. The wine is aged for five months in the oak barrels. To ensure the lees' influence is present in the wine's profile, bâtonnage (lees stirring) is performed, which imparts lactic notes and texture.

Vinos Pijoan is a small family business born in 2002 in Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California, dedicated to making authentic wines with heart and integrity. Vinos Pijoan was born from the hand of Pau Pijoan, a Mexican of Catalan origin, a veterinary researcher by profession, who embarked on an adventure that would completely change his path. Without boasting of being an oenologist, his long career as a scientist laid the foundations for a disciplined and methodical study in the art of making wine.

Vinos Pijoan’s philosophy is to create honest wines that incorporate the history of Valle’s terroir: reflecting its aridity, its morning fogs, the winds and the heat of the afternoon, followed by cold and crisp nights. Pijoan has transitioned to the next generation: Pau’s daughter Silvana. Silvana is a former classical and contemporary professional dancer in Mexico City who traded city life for the vineyard. She trained as a sommelier and received a degree in winemaking. Silvana began focusing Pijoan on low intervention winemaking and organic viticulture. Under Silvana’s leadership, Pijoan has emerged as the most consistent and precise natural wine project in Baja.