Parés Baltà, Indigena Garnatxa Blanca 2024
Parés Baltà, Indigena Garnatxa Blanca 2024 is a dry, medium-bodied white from Grenache (Penedès, Spain), in the rich, round whites style. Acidity is gentle; oak influence is little. Good with lamb, roast vegetables, roast chicken, creamy pasta. Organic farming is mentioned by the merchant.
| Wine | Sweet | Body | From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celler Alimara, Estrelles de Batea Blanc 2021 Celler Alimara · Terra Alta | £15.00 | |||
| Ventoux, Le Vin de Léonard, Famille Gonnet 2023 Famille Gonnet · Ventoux | £14.90 | |||
| El Escoces Volante, Manga del Brujo Blanco | £18.40 | |||
| Muga Blanco 2025 Bodegas Muga · Rioja | £16.99 |
Parés Baltà is one of Penedès's most forward-thinking organic estates, and Indigena is their love letter to Catalonia's indigenous grapes. Garnatxa Blanca (that's Grenache Blanc in French) is a variety that can go either way: flabby and overblown in the wrong hands, or broad, textured, and genuinely characterful when the yields are kept honest and the soils have something to say. This sits firmly in the latter camp. The 2024 is an aromatic, medium-bodied white with the variety's signature richness cut through by a saline, almost stony freshness. Peach, dried apricot, and a lick of beeswax give way to a palate with real presence and that characteristic bitter almond snap on the finish.