4 Kilos 2021

It is fair to say that 4 Kilos Vinícola, the producer of this Spanish red wine, is the most interesting wine company currently operating in beautiful Mallorca.

Totally confident about the quality of the indigenous grapes of the island, Francesc Grimalt and Sergio Caballero, co-owners of the winery, again crafted the 2021 vintage of 4 kilos solely from Callet, Mallorca’s noblest native red variety.

The grapes come from three parcels planted with 20 to 50-year-old vines. Cooled by the sea breeze, the vineyards have soils which are very rich in ferric oxide, a feature that gives the earth an idiosyncratic reddish colour and imparts a distinctive savouriness to this Crianza red wine.

Harvested by hand, carefully selected and destemmed, 50% of the grapes were fermented in stainless steel tanks, and the other 50% in 2,500-litre wooden vats. Malolactic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks and 600-litre oak barrels. After that, 4 kilos 2021 was blended and aged for 12 months in 600-litre Allier French oak barrels.

To enjoy it at its fullest, this age-worthy red wine from Mallorca should be decanted 1 hour before drinking.

Incidentally, the packaging of this organic red wine is as exquisite as its content.