LORCA LO% Criolla Blanca 2025 8.5%

This low-ER alcohol wine is the result of a series of experimental micro-vinifications undertaken by Mauricio Lorca at our request, seeking to provide us with a delicious lower ABV white that does not cut any corners when it comes delivering aroma, texture and length in the wine – things that we are not prepared to compromise on. This is a ‘proper’ wine: there is no de-alcoholisation, no acidification, no added sugar, and no added anything else for that matter! The fruit is picked early just after veraison, with a focus on phenolic ripeness and the vines are old (90 years or more), giving us amazing fruit concentration even when picked early. The vineyard is El Mirador in Rivadavia, East Mendoza at 700 MASL, a warm area where grapes typically ripen early and that also helps with this project.

The wine is a blend of Pedro Ximénez and Moscatel Amarillo, both native Criolla varieties. At 8.5% we have enough alcohol to make an excellent light dry white with lovely floral aromatics, delicious citrus fruit character and a proper finish. We will leave other companies to provide low alcohol ‘wines’ and we will leave it to you – as always – to decide how good this is.

 

We are delighted to say the reaction since we introduced Lorca Lo to the UK has been overwhelmingly positive.