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Heusss* Negre 2025

La Vinyeta

Heusss* Negre 2025

Empordà, Spain
Natural, organic red with no added sulphites. Ripe forest fruits, cinnamon & pepper. Vibrant, fresh & softly tannic.
Carignan, Grenache 75cl ABV 14%
Sale price £28.00

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Story

La Vinyeta is one of the youngest and most dynamic projects in the DO Empordà, set among vines and olive groves at Mollet de Peralada. Josep and Marta Serra founded it in 2002 with four hectares of old vines, mainly Carignan and Grenache aged 55 and 80 years. They built the winery in 2006, and in 2009 La Vinyeta became one of the first estates in the region to adopt integrated farming. It now spans 30 hectares and has become a hub for wine tourism, with tours, tastings, cooking workshops and harvest experiences. Heusss* is the estate’s natural range: honest, transparent wines made with minimal intervention and no added sulphites. This red includes Carignano, an ancient Carignan selection preserved on Sardinia and believed to be of Catalan origin. The island’s isolation after phylloxera kept this old plant material alive, and it brings complexity and a natural resistance to fungal disease, which is valuable when working without sulphites.

Winemaking

Certified organic; no added sulphites. Hand-harvested and hand-sorted, then destemmed and crushed. Carignan and Grenache are co-fermented under temperature control, with about 12 days on skins and two gentle pump-overs a day. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation, then natural static clarification before bottling. No oak. Approximately 4,500 bottles produced.

Tasting Notes

Intense cherry red with violet hues. Fresh red and forest fruits on the nose, with sweet spice, cinnamon and a subtle hint of pepper. Vibrant and balanced on the palate, with lively acidity, soft, well-integrated tannins and a long, warm, persistent finish.

Food Pairing

Charcuterie, Semi-cured cheese, Mushroom rice

About the region

DO Empordà is in the far north-east corner of Catalonia and has around 2,000 ha under vine. Its territory is split in two: Alt Empordà, running up to the foot of the Pyrenees, and Baix Empordà to the south. The biggest influence on the vines, where Carignan (Samsó) and Grenache dominate, is the Tramuntana, a powerful, cold north wind. It keeps the vines fresh, reduces mildew and makes organic farming that bit easier. The vineyards for this wine surround Mollet de Peralada, on ancient sedimentary soils formed from eroded Albera slate. They are sandy and silty in texture and scattered with quartz. 2025 brought welcome water after several years of drought, giving even ripening and fresh, well-balanced fruit.

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