Anima Mundi "Ancestral Blanco" Catalonia, Spain 2025

FROM JOSE PASTOR:

THE WINE: Pet-Nat Blanco is a blend of Macabeu, Xarel-lo and Malvasía de Sitges from a mix of parcels planted between 1990 and 2022 in clay/calcareous soils at 210-285m elevation in Sant Sebastià de Gorgs. The grapes were hand-harvested and direct-pressed whole cluster into stainless steel tanks to co-ferment, then bottled unfined, unfiltered and without added SO2 before primary fermentation completely finished (with about 16g/L sugar) in the métode ancestral style.

THE PRODUCER: Anima Mundi is a side-project from Agustí Torello Roca, winemaker for his family’s estate winery AT Roca in the Alt Penedès region of Catalonia. Agustí’s goal for this project is to show the true expression of grape and place through keen observation of the land. Anima Mundi is a theory of Plato’s, translating to “the soul of the world.” Much in the way that the soul is connected to the body, Agustí sees wine as a way for us to connect with the Earth. For these wines, Agustí works without any additions or interventions in the winery, and uses clay anfora, stainless steel, concrete, and used French oak barrels for fermentations and aging. All fruit for this project comes from their certified organic estate vineyards, as Agustí believes that lively wines can only come from lively soils.