Can Ràfols dels Caus La Calma 2023

The 2023 La Calma is austere, serious, clean and elegant and a lot more about the stony soils than the variety. It is very fresh and unevolved, with notes of white fruit and flowers and a Mediterranean twist, without the honeyed notes I've found in this wine on other occasions, fresher and cooler. It fermented and matured in three different materials—500-liter French oak barrels, stainless steel vats and 80-liter glass demijohns—and was kept with the lees for five months before being blended. It has an austere and stony palate that is light- to medium-bodied, with an ethereal character. It has 13.27% alcohol, a pH of 3.15 and six grams of acidity, coming through as very fresh and balanced. 1,766 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2024.