Om 4Kilos Motor Callet

4Kilos' bidrag til naturvinsmarkedet er binder bro mellem nutid og fortid, hvoraf sidstnævnte er inspireret af fortidens vine i såvel Romerriget, Grækenland og sågar Georgien anno 4000 før vor tidsregning.

Vinificering

I respekt for datidens kunskaber vinificeres Motor ikke i tanke eller fade men i store ler-amforaer. Der tilsættes intet SO2, og så gæres mosten ellers af sig selv om til vin i kraft af den vilde gær fra drueskallerne. Her bliver vinen - næsten udelukkende Callet - liggende i ca. 6 måneder og er så klar til at komme på flaske helt uden tilsætning af sulfitter, der ganske vist stabiliserer men også kan være med til at sløre dele af vinens oprindelige aroma.

Aroma og smag

Motor har et forholdsvis lav alkoholprocent, og smagen er da også letløbende, blød og super frisk. Alligevel øjnes seriøsitet på bagtungen og ikke mindst i frugtprofilen, hvor sødlige hindbær og ribs fører an og ledsages af små doser urter og appelsinskal.

Smagen matcher næsen; elegant med en behersket bitterhed fra de få tanniner og en mundvandsdrivende frugtsyre.

Serveringsforslag

Orker du ikke rosé eller er du bare nysgerrig efter nye rødvinsoplevelser, når du på terrassen eller til frokosten savner noget lækkert, ikke for kompliceret at skylde maden ned med? Så er Motor unægteligt et bekendtskab værdigt!

Anmeldelse og point:

93 point - Robert Parker, april 2022:

The most impressive 2021 Motor Callet was produced with 70% Callet and 30% Fogoneu at only 12% alcohol and with mellow acidity and lovely fragility. This comes from younger vines (15 years old on average) on red soils. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in 225-liter tinajas and a brick vat, all built with red clay from Mallorca. It matured in the brick vat for some three months, and no sulfur was added to the wine at any point of its fermentation, élevage or bottling. It's young, perfumed, expressive and captivating, with intense floral aromas, great purity and elegance. The palate is light to medium-bodied with flavors of acid berries and a piquant finish. 10,000 bottles were produced. It was bottled in March 2022.

To me, 4 Kilos is the leading quality producer in the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. I didn't have the chance to visit them or taste with them this time, and when I asked winemaker Francesc Grimalt what they were up to, he said they used "insect biocontrol plus microbiology through nematodes." That got me intrigued and scratching my head, but for a number of reasons, I didn't have the chance to dig deeper into it, so it's pending for next time...

The winery produces some 80,000 bottles from its roughly 13 hectares of organically farmed vineyards in the island. 2019 was a dry year in Mallorca, the local varieties behaved better (no surprise!) under the hydric stress conditions and yields were around 30% lower and the wines concentrated. 2020 was better, with plenty of rain until June, which provided very good reserves for the plants and the drier end of the season and allowed for proper ripening and healthy grapes. It was a very good year, like in many other places in the Mediterranean. 2021 was again a little drier than the average and a little warmer.