CHARLIE SIMPSON / +61 422 110 497 / charlie@virtuousvine.com.au
PHILOSOPHY.
Vinyer de la Ruca is the most complete project I have ever come to know. Manuel di Vecchi Staraz, an italian expatriate in France, has built what I believe to be the most uncompromising and entire vision of what natural wine aspires to be.
His really old vineyards are in Banyuls, on incredibly steep terraces, with more biodiversity and other species than there are gnarly old bush vines. Everything, from A-Z and beyond, is done by hand, by human effort or with the help of animals. No machine. Anywhere. All vineyard work is done on foot. All treatments are done by hand, biodynamically. Grapes are harvested by hand, destemmed by hand, crushed by foot, lifted into fermenters by hand. The glass bottles are hand-blown objects of amazing beauty. The wines are bottled, corked and wax sealed by hand. Labels are designed by an artist and pasted by hand... Each bottle is quite simply a unique and personal journey. And the wines are delicious, nothing short of poetry, they leave you speachless.
There is a tiny production of Banyuls (fortified Grenache), plus two stunningly dense yet ethereal dry reds (Mourvèdre & Grenache/Carignan). Total production, 2 ha, 1,000 bottles of Banyuls.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC (AB).
Red.
Ellittico / 2015 - Vin de France (GC) - 750 ml
Ullamp / 2015 - Vin de France (Mourvèdre) - 1000 ml
Fortified.
AOC Banyuls / 2013 - AOC Banyuls (Grenache) - 400 ml
AOC Banyuls / 2013 - AOC Banyuls (Grenache) - 650 ml
PHILOSOPHY.
Vinyer de la Ruca is the most complete project I have ever come to know. Manuel di Vecchi Staraz, an italian expatriate in France, has built what I believe to be the most uncompromising and entire vision of what natural wine aspires to be.
His really old vineyards are in Banyuls, on incredibly steep terraces, with more biodiversity and other species than there are gnarly old bush vines. Everything, from A-Z and beyond, is done by hand, by human effort or with the help of animals. No machine. Anywhere. All vineyard work is done on foot. All treatments are done by hand, biodynamically. Grapes are harvested by hand, destemmed by hand, crushed by foot, lifted into fermenters by hand. The glass bottles are hand-blown objects of amazing beauty. The wines are bottled, corked and wax sealed by hand. Labels are designed by an artist and pasted by hand... Each bottle is quite simply a unique and personal journey. And the wines are delicious, nothing short of poetry, they leave you speachless.
There is a tiny production of Banyuls (fortified Grenache), plus two stunningly dense yet ethereal dry reds (Mourvèdre & Grenache/Carignan). Total production, 2 ha, 1,000 bottles of Banyuls.
CERTIFIED ORGANIC (AB).
Red.
Ellittico / 2015 - Vin de France (GC) - 750 ml
Ullamp / 2015 - Vin de France (Mourvèdre) - 1000 ml
Fortified.
AOC Banyuls / 2013 - AOC Banyuls (Grenache) - 400 ml
AOC Banyuls / 2013 - AOC Banyuls (Grenache) - 650 ml