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04.12.2019
Tutti Frutti Ananas Profile
Tutti Frutti Ananas Producer Profile
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<p>Tutti Frutti Ananas is a collaborative project originally founded by three <glossary title="1089">vignerons</glossary> in <glossary title="319">Collioure</glossary> and <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="135">Banyuls</glossary><span>:</span></span></span> Manuel di Vecchi Staraz of <a href="http://louisdressner.com/producers/vinyer%20de%20la%20ruca">Vinyer de la Ruca</a>, Zé Tafé of <a href="http://louisdressner.com/producers/la%20cave%20des%20nomades">La Cave des Nomades</a> and Joachim Roque of <a href="https://www.indiewineries.com/france/languedoc-roussillon/domaine-carterole/">Domaine Carterole</a> (Tafé has since exited the project). As the three produce very limited quantities of wine from their respective <glossary title="427">estates</glossary> (the steep <glossary title="933">schist</glossary> hills of <glossary title="319">Collioure</glossary>/<glossary title="135">Banyuls</glossary> are notoriously low<span class="zalup"><span><span>-</span><glossary title="1129">yielding</glossary>)</span></span>, the goal of Tutti Frutti Ananas was to make a more approachable expression of the area's local <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="1026">terroirs</glossary><span>.</span></span></span> </p>
<p>The idea came about when Joachim, local to the area and whose family had worked with the <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="252">cave cooperative </glossary></span></span>for years, retrieved an additional eight <glossary title="523">hectares</glossary> of vines. Rather than entering them into the <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="252">coop</glossary><span>,</span></span></span> he proposed to his friends to start a new venture. Unlike the vines they work for their <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="427">estates</glossary><span>,</span></span></span> most of the fruit comes from the neighboring sector of Saint-André. These <glossary term="Parcel" title="760">parcels</glossary> can be worked <span class="zalup"><span><glossary term="Mechanization" title="645">mechanically</glossary><span> and the</span></span></span> soils of decomposed <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="933">schists</glossary><span>,</span></span></span> <glossary title="842">quartz</glossary> and <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="909">sand </glossary></span></span>are higher <glossary title="1129">yielding</glossary> than the traditional <glossary title="1022">terraced</glossary> vineyards on pure <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="933">schist</glossary><span>.</span></span></span> Manuel and Joachim also contribute fruit from their <glossary title="760">parcels </glossary>in <span class="zalup"><span> <glossary term="Collioure" title="319">Collioure</glossary><span>,</span></span></span> most notably for "Magrano" and "Mirtillo". Joachim is responsable for most of the farming and Manuel is in charge of the <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="1104">vinifications</glossary><span>.</span></span></span> </p>
<p>The hodgepodge name Tutti Frutti Ananas is inspired by the collaborator's diverse backgrounds: Manu is Italian, Zé Portuguese and Joachim French, though he would consider himself <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="247">Catalan</glossary><span>.</span></span></span> In such, all the wines bear the names of fruits in their native tongues of Italian, Portuguese and Catalan. They are <glossary title="441">fermented</glossary> naturally and <glossary title="185">bottled</glossary> <glossary title="447">unfiltered</glossary> with little to no <glossary title="993">sulfur</glossary> added only at <span class="zalup"><span><glossary title="185">bottling</glossary><span>.</span></span></span> The wine's <glossary title="573">label</glossary> clearly indicates if <glossary title="993">S02</glossary> was used or not; at this point the whites tend to see a gram at <glossary term="Bottling" title="185">bottling</glossary> while the reds are always <glossary term="Bottling" title="185">bottled</glossary> without <span class="zalup"><span> <glossary term="Sulfites" title="993">sulfur</glossary><span>.</span></span></span> </p>
