Salvajes de Gredos Marino Blanco 2025

Country: Spain Region: Madrid DO (Sierra de Gredos) Grape: Albillo Real Colour: White Bottle Size: 75cl Alcohol: 13% Vintage: 2025Practicing organicPRODUCER NOTESOur good friend Marc Isart (of Maldicion, and founding member of Commando G alongside Dani Landi and Fernando Garcia) with his good friend Miguel Santiago Carrillo, are the two Salvajes or 'savages' of Gredos. It's a perfect partnership; Miguel owns and farms arguably the best vineyards in Gredos and Marc is, of course, a exceptional winemaker. The wines are categorised like the Burgundian model with regional 'Marino' wines forming the broad base of the pyramid, village wines of Cadalso and San Martin above, and at very apex are the single vineyard selections. This is such an exciting project and one which Uncharted is delighted to be a part of right from the start.FARMING & WINEMAKING NOTESThe amazing vineyards are high up (800m) in the middle of the Gredos mountains. The soils are decomposed granite so the goblet trained vines really have to establish deep roots to secure the minerals and nutrients they need. Miguel farms along biodynamic principles, ploughing with horses and leaving wild grasses amongst the vines to help balance the humidity. This is hot, harsh country and harvest is early in mid August before the heavy autumn rains. From 75 year old Albillo vines. The grapes are pressed directly and fermented with natural yeasts in large, used oak barrels, in which the wine remains to age for 9 months.