Bodega de Forlong ‘Burbuja’ Palomino Ancestral 2018 Size::1 Bottle the Vega Sicilia style

the Vega Sicilia style

Grown in one of the best Margaret River vintages in a generation

cement and stainless steel vats

Although a hot summer and some frost damage to the fruit resulted in low crop turn-over

Bodega de Forlong ‘Burbuja’ Palomino Ancestral 2018 Size::1 Bottle the Vega Sicilia styleThis is hand picked organic Palomino grown in Pago Balbaina Alta, then given the Ancestral bubbling treatment. Not being a style supported by the DO currently, as with the other Forlong wines, it's labelled Vino de Tierra de Cadiz. Fermentation is the same for vinosity and for adding bubbles: the wine is bottled before the alcoholic fermentation has converted all of the sugar. This starts in the tank and finishes in bottle. 8 months' later is a hand