Luis Perez 'El Triangulo' Tinto

Tintilla

Cadiz, Spain

Luis Perez Rodriguez, a professor of oenology at Cadiz University and former chief winemaker at Domecq Sherry, started his winery in 2002 with the goal of making non-fortified Red and White wines from the Sherry region. More recently, Luis, along with his son, Willy Perez, launched a project to produce a series of Sherries made using an ancient technique of crafting Sherry without either fortification or traditional solera aging. Willy Perez is part of a group of young turks in the region, such as his friend Ramiro Ibanez of Cota 45, who are fascinated by the history of Jerez winemaking, including the terroir “maps” of the best parcels on different types of albariza.

The Tintilla fruit they use come from three different pagos: Balbaina, Corchuelo and Carascal.  The young wine is called "El Triangulo" and the fruit for it comes from the pago of Jerez closest to the ocean called Pago de Balbaina. The proximity to the water brings about a cooling influence and a moderating of the ripeness. El Triangulo is a fun spicy and bright berried red wine with a bit of a chalky velvet structure on the finish.