Magneto 2023 Rheinhessen with enough texture to hold

with enough texture to hold its own at the table

no additions

Fusain is Merlot from a single parcel of roughly sixty-year-old vines on a north-facing slope where the limestone comes to the surface

In magnum it has aged more slowly still

Magneto 2023 Rheinhessen with enough texture to holdSeven hectares between Vingrau and Paziols, farmed by Jessica Albero and Laurent Pujol under the name Recerca, which is Catalan for research. They work without additions, without fining and without filtration, and sulphur stays out of the cellar through fermentation entirely. Magneto is the red that leads with fruit rather than structure. Crunchy red berries, a peppery lift and soft tannin underneath, with the acidity to keep it moving. It asks very