Drinking fluency with the character of AC/DC

Sergi Figueras and Antonio Lopo are two prestigious sommeliers, trained for years in fine dining. In 2016, they ventured into creating bespoke wines under the Thunder Wine Makers brand, inspired by the rock music of AC/DC. Their first steps led them to elevate table wine to a prestigious level in fine restaurants and transform it into a value-added product. "It's always had negative connotations because it was cheap and not particularly good. We've gone further. Wine is also an image; it's as important as a designer chair," insists Figueras, best sommelier in Spain and Catalonia in 2012. The restaurants Direkte Boqueria, Àbac, El Grau del Os, and Can Jubany have trusted his winemaking judgment. en cuatro manos and the Tarragona region are the origin of many of his creations. "In some cases we make blends, and in others we harvest and bottle. The idea is to always be fully involved, but it depends on each winery," he clarifies.

"We started with Alfredo Arribas, with whom we played with the two Priorat varieties, Garnacha and Cariñena, but changing the consumer's perception. We made a delicate wine in the DOQ Priorat and a more complex one in the DO Montsant." With Avgvstvs, in Baix Penedès, they make two Macabeos, one brisado aged with an amphora and the other with a cement egg, and a Sauvignon Blanc in a demijoana and we year. We provoke to avoid getting comfortable," he emphasizes. In the Sierra de Almos they collaborate with the winemaker Xavi Cedó. "We make Cariñena prevail in the blend. The south of Montsant has a distinct character. We learn a lot from it. Also from cireres." With Celler Comunica they have made a blend of Garnatxa Blanca and Grisa. "We only gave it a touch, we made it pass through the barrel and in there Girardot." And at the Conca de Barberà, with Rendé Masdeu, they bring to the market a view of climbing and grass "drinkable, without criança, in which the native root flows."

Crafts, precision and goldsmithing. Molt few vials for each collaboration, and the segell of the celler and of Thunder to the vial, showing harmony. Cap vi es trigger preu i know how to col·locar-lo. They also have a catalog of 15 references that goes creixent without presses. "Look for fluidity in our wines, but without the ripeness of the grapes," they warn. They are sorry that sovint, to reduce the grau, the wines end up feeling green. The future is for native varietals, vines at higher altitudes and less invasion of wood.