The story behind Caligo Esssència is the result of
a coincidence. It started with a plan: Pere (the
oenologist and winemaker) planted Chardonnay vines and when the time was
right went to harvest them to
start the winemaking process. On arrival at the vineyard, he realized that the
grapes weren’t as healthy as they should be; they were
not in the best of conditions for winemaking so, disappointed, Pere left them
in the state he found them on the vine.
Later, after looking at a book,
and seeing some pictures of grapes
affected by noble rot or botrytis cinerea Pere had
an idea. He began to realise that his unhealthy grapes might not be such a bad
thing after all. Botrytis forms due to a fungus causing two different
types of infections Gray Rot and
Noble Rot. Pere’s grapes had noble rot.
