Martí Fabra, Masia Carreras, Empordà, Spain, 2015

This 30ha domain has vineyards on both schist and granite soils. This is a blend of Grenache Blanc and Gris with Carignan Blanc and Gris, grown on granite soils. It’s a remarkable southern white of great finesse and poise, with quiet, faintly creamy aromas (the wine finishes its fermentation in barrel and has a year on lees) and notes of plant, citrus and seeds. It has dense, fresh, vinous yet cascading flavours, lit by fruit-saturated acidity, and a stony undertow.