BINIGRAU Nounat Binigrau is located in Biniali, a quaint village of holiday homes a few kilometers inland from Palma. Founded in 2002 Binigrau is an estate of 30 hectares of indigenous varietals: Montonegro, Collet and Prensal, as well as international varietals: Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Miguel and Mathías Batle Pastor are both proponents of minimalist farming cultivating their vineyard organically with some additional biodynamic practices. They are not following any current fad but simply farming the same way that their ancestors did centuries before. Believing that they are stewards of the land they feel natural farming results in better fruit while respecting the environment in which it is grown. ORIGIN While the farming looks to ancient practices the cellar is quite modern Spain so when the grapes arrive after harvesting by hand, they are fermented in large oak tanks, and smaller French oak barrels for the red wines and APPELLATION Chardonnay while the indigenous Prensal is aged in stainless steel tanks Terra Mallorca and concrete eggs. SOIL Clay limestone Always roughly equal parts Prensal and Chardonnay the Nounat is difficult to characterize. There is a certain Burgundian quality but with a more saline and volcanic minerality. The Prensal is aged for 7 months in stainless AGE OF VINES 15-40 steel and concrete egg while the Chardonnay spends the same amount of time in French oak. Bottled unfiltered. ELEVATION 200 ACCOLADES 95 – 2013 Nounat – Wine Advocate VARIETIES Prensal, Chardonnay (up to 50%) FARMING Organic with biodynamic practices FERMENTATION Fermented in stainless steel and concrete egg AGING 7 months in concrete eggs and stainless steel (Prensal) and French oak barrels (Chardonnay) PLACE OVER PROCESS • EUROPEANCELLARS.COM.