{"product_id":"vinos-pijoan-cochinero-grenache-field-blend-2024","title":"Vinos Pijoan \"Cochinero\" Grenache Field Blend 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eWaxy apple and silky smooth fruit. Refreshing, unique and complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout 50% of the grapes are ungrafted Grenache sourced from Olegario Sandoval’s vineyard in the Calafia sub-region of the Valle, planted in the 1960s on sandy loam with a little clay. The other half of the fruit is a field blend of ungrafted and dry-farmed bush vine Grenache and friends (Misión, Rosa del Peru and Palomino) sourced from the Pro Vi.Va Vineyard in El Porvenir, planted in 1980 on sandy \u0026amp; silty soils. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes were harvested by hand and spent the first 24 hours in the cold room to help preserve aromatics and slow down primary fermentation. The grapes were all fermented in a variety of small vessels (open-top barrel, open-top stainless steel tank, and open-top plastic vat) with some direct-press, some semi-carbonic maceration, and some crushed with one week maceration. After primary fermentation completed, all was blended and aged in neutral oak barrels for 6-10 months before being bottled unfined, unfiltered and with only 10ppm SO2 addition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinos 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVinos 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinos Pijoan","offers":[{"title":"750 ml","offer_id":51902546936125,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0898\/2931\/0781\/files\/Vinos-Pijoan-Cochinero-2024.jpg?v=1782954887","url":"https:\/\/shopgeraldines.com\/products\/vinos-pijoan-cochinero-grenache-field-blend-2024","provider":"Geraldine's Natural Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}