Lo Foll is the latest wine from the Mallorcan producer Terra de Falanis whose owners also make the AN and AN/2 wines at the Anima Negra winery. It is a lighter wine with less barrel character than AN/2. More easy-drinking, laid-back. And some ten euro cheaper than AN/2, but it doesn’t taste cheaper, just different.
The grapes in Lo Foll: 60% callet, 10% mantonegro, 10% fogeneu, three unique Mallorcan grapes.
The name Lo Foll comes from Ramon “Lo Foll” Llull who is said to have been one of the first writers in Catalan. He made great contributions to both literature and science but eventually became insane. “Lo foll” means “the crazy” in Catalan.
AN/2 was actually the first Mallorcan wine to end up in Systembolaget’s permanent range. And this is truly a top producer in Spain, someone to keep an eye on. There are many good wine producers in Mallorca, although I think Anima Negra and Terra de Falanis are clearly in a class of their own.
Miquel made a comparison with Coca Cola, he said something like “Would we pay $5,000 for a bottle of Coca Cola? No. But we pay $5,000 for a bottle of wine. I don’t want to make a wine that costs $5,000, I make wines that people can afford.” Granted, there are Coca-Colas that have sold for more than that (up to $240,000), but I see what he’s getting at. Good wines at affordable prices.
Son Negre is the mythical wine that Miquel Àngel Cerdà makes extremely rarely and in incredibly small quantities. It will never come to Sweden. Mikael from Vinovativa, their Swedish importer, said: “If you are in Mallorca and see a bottle, buy it!”
