Celler Credo "CAN CREDO" 2016

INTERPRETING LA XAREL·LO.

Xarel·lists: a term coined to describe those who interpret and explore the properties and virtues of the Xarel·lo grape variety. 

The Mediterranean variety Xarel·lo is the leitmotif of Celler Credo’s wine project and the thematic thread that gives rise to our wines. Aged on the lees, macerated with the grape skin or stems, with no sulphites added – made today using techniques we learned from our grandparents yesterday... In short, a thousand and one ways of interpreting Xarel•lo. In other words, Xarel·lo is our credo.

 
Territories represented by wine
BIODINAMICALLY.

At Celler Credo we see ourselves as defenders of bio (life) and dynamics (movement). We’re guided by values that bring us closer to the land, territories and landscapes of which we form part. Is this, perhaps, the path to reconciling man and nature? Maybe.

We’re committed to making terroir white wines – without chemical fertilisers, pesticides or herbicides – wines that speak plainly, recounting a sensory history that’s free of artifice, authentic. This is a dialogue between man, the variety and the land; a conversation in which there’s much to say and nothing to hide.

Xarel•lo wines that chatter; vines that give up their claim to the starring role in a vineyard inhabited by fennel, wild radish, yellow fleabane... by insects and animals that each contribute in their own small way to an ecosystem which, to express its true nature, needs something as easy to say as it is difficult to achieve: balance.

In Celler Credo’s vineyards we let plant cover grow spontaneously between the vines. This cover plays a crucial role, loosening the soil, regulating water retention and drainage (essential in the dry farming system we practise), and helping to foster biodiversity and maintain a balance in the vineyard ecosystem.

Natural treatments based on medicinal plants (phytotherapy) are applied to the vines to control the presence of fungus and strengthen the vine’s defences in a natural way. All Celler Credo grapes are harvested by hand to ensure the excellent quality of the fruit. All our wines are produced and bottled on the property.

Se specifikation

Can Credo wine offers the maximum varietal expression of the Xarel·lo grape grown in a calcareous soil in a Mediterranean climate.

This is why, when making it, this white wine is macerated with the grape skins and the pressing yield is very low, the most elegant and subtle fraction of the must. The must is fermented in oak cask, after which the wine stays in the cask for about three months.

This is an unfiltered, unclarified wine. It may contain completely natural sediments as a result of our minimal intervention.

Great wine for aperitif, fish dishes and seafood.