Privileged terroirs are constantly mistreated to produce wines without soul. In 2020 four friends from the professional world of wine, Pepe Rodríguez de Vera, Hilarión Pedauyé, Álvaro Ruiz, and Alberto Soriano, joined their paths to solve one dilemma. They all felt frustrated when traditional varieties, emblematic vineyards and unique production methods of the Valencian Community started to disappear to make way to the mass production industry. The four friends decided to develop Sopla Levante to make a change in this trend. This project begins in possibly the most mythical place of the Valencian Community: the Natural Park of La Mata in Alicante. A place that in ancient times had 250 hectares of which only 35 remain today. La Mata is a magical place with ancient vineyards standing just a few meters from the beach and the salt flats. This natural park surpasses extreme weather and salinity conditions that provide an incredible personality to the wines. Sopla Levante is also emerging in Requena with old Bobal vineyards. We are quickly including new plots of Monastrell, Cariñena, Valenci Negre, and some other indigenous varieties. In this project, we don´t look for profitability but rather we act upon what we are passionate about.

Our challenge with Sopla Levante is to bring the simplicity of an unknown variety or a spectacularly unique terroir to its maximum expression. That is why, in this project, we work with micro-vinifications—one for each of our plots—in a natural way. We do not add sulphites in our elaborations. We use the wild strains of yeasts from within the vineyard itself—making a pied de cuve in site which we later transfer to the winery to start the fermentation process of that plot. In our desire to innovate and get the optimum expression out of each wine, we decided to implement new techniques in some of their production. New techniques such as aging with chips made with dried vine shoots from that same vineyard, aging in barrels that have previously contained Cantueso liquor and maceration with pressing during winter at temperatures below zero. These techniques mixed with traditional elaborations and old techniques of the area such as biological and oxidative aging, and rancidity processes in damajuanas.

LA HORCA

WHITE

WINE MAKING NOTES

Grapes are hand-harvested, de-stemmed, crushed and macerated and aged for 8 months in used French Oak barrels that were previously used on Cantaueso liquor. Finally, the wine is bottled without any kind of treatment, so it conserves all the natural flavors. Wine is elaborated by following the prescriptions of the organic/biologic viniculture.

TASTING NOTES

White wine, clear in appearance, light tear. Deep intensity of a lemon color. Clean on the nose, of medium intensity, with a presence of ripe lemon citrus fruit, wild flowers, pleasant herbaceous nuances with a certain balsamic nuance and an earthy background. On the palate it is dry, with medium acidity, with a medium alcohol and medium body marked by the presence of medium tannin that gives it structure.

Vintage: 2019
Wine Type: White
Varietal: Merseguera and others
Alc: 12.5%
Region: La Mata Alicante
Wine Maker: Sopa Levante
Production: 2500 Bottles

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PINOMAR

Orange Wine

WINE MAKING NOTES

Grapes are hand-harvested, de-stemmed, crushed and macerated and aged for 8 months in used French Oak barrels that were previously used on Cantaueso liquor. Finally, the wine is bottled without any kind of treatment, so it conserves all the natural flavors. Wine is elaborated by following the prescriptions of the organic/biologic viniculture.

TASTING NOTES

White wine, clear in appearance, light tear. Deep intensity of a lemon color. On the nose medium intensity, with a presence of ripe lemon citrus fruit, wild flowers, pleasant herbaceous nuances with a certain balsamic nuance and an earthy background. On the palate it is dry, with medium acidity, with a medium alcohol and medium body marked by the presence of medium tannin that gives it
structure.

Vintage: 2019
Wine Type: White
Varietal:95% Merseguera, 5% Moscatel
Alc: 13.5%
Region: La Mata Alicante
Wine Maker: Sopa Levante
Soil: Sand
Production: 2500 Bottles

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Blanco

White

WINE MAKING NOTES

Grapes are hand-harvested, de-stemmed, crushed and macerated for 6 months in stainless steel tanks. Finally, the wine is bottled without any kind of treatment, so it conserves all the natural flavors. Wine is elaborated by following the prescriptions of organic/biologic viniculture.

TASTING NOTES

White wine, clear appearance, light tear. Medium intensity of lemon color. Clean nose, of medium intensity, with a presence of citrus fruit, lemon, mineral background with saline notes and Mediterranean herbs and spices. Dry, of medium acidity, and medium body. Medium intensity with pleasant citrus nuances, a slight reminder of aromatic herbs, and a medium finish marked by a presence of spices very well integrated into the wine.

Vintage: 2020
Wine Type: White
Varietal:100% Moscatel
Alc: 12.5%
Region: La Mata Alicante
Wine Maker: Sopa Levante
Soil: Sand
Production: 9000 Bottles

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