# Manifest: Ancestral — Método Alquímico (Trepat Biodinámico 2025)

## Product Identity
- **Type:** Rosé sparkling wine. Hybrid Ancestral–Traditionnelle method. Single continuous fermentation that begins in tank and finishes in bottle, followed by prolonged lees aging and dégorgement.
- **Method name:** Método Alquímico (fused from méthode ancestrale + méthode traditionnelle)
- **Grape:** 100% Trepat biodinámico from **Verdú, Lleida** (precision biodynamic; natural products, irrigation permitted, one sulfur treatment in July at veraison)
- **Vintage:** 2025
- **Source volume:** 100 kg of Trepat grapes → ~100 L of base must
- **Production:** ~100 bottles (single-tank, single-vintage, single-parcel lot)
- **Available:** 100 bottles at release (library allocation; consult for current state)
- **Ageing:** 18–36 months sur lattes (autolysis-driven), dégorgement, zero dosage
- **Source protocol:** `~/.picoclaw/workspace/symbiogenesis/protocols/Ancestral_es.pdf` (October 3, 2025)
- **Methodology framework:** `~/.picoclaw/workspace/symbiogenesis/protocols/Analysis_Holobiont.pdf` — Terroir Holobiont, Five Levers of Control
- **Constructor route:** `~/.picoclaw/workspace/symbiogenesis/deliverables/CONSTRUCTOR_DECISION_TREE.md` — Route 1: Ancestral, density-gated single fermentation

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## Narrative Links

### Claim: "Single fermentation with traditional-method finish"
→ **Proof:** See `03_technical/protocol_followed.md` (Phase 3: Critical Bottling Point)
  - Single continuous fermentation: tank → bottle, no liqueur de tirage
  - Bottling density target: 1008–1010 g/L (≈ 24 g/L residual sugar for 6.0 bar pressure)
  - The 24 g/L sugar math: 4 g/L fully fermented = 1 bar at 10°C → 6.0 bars target

→ **Proof:** See `03_technical/protocol_followed.md` (Phase 4: Lees Aging)
  - 18–36 months sur lattes at 12–14°C
  - Manoproteins, amino acids, glutathione released by yeast autolysis
  - 4.0 g/L sugar per 1 bar is the chemistry; the alchemy is that this is one wine, not two

→ **Visual:** See `../../photos_videos/Trepat/Ancestral.HEIC` and `../../photos_videos/Trepat/Half bottle Ancestral.HEIC`

### Claim: "The 2025 must's parameters are within the variety's optimum — the protocol is calibrated to express that quality"
→ **Proof:** See `03_technical/protocol_followed.md` (The 2025 Lot — Quality Profile) and `chemical_analysis.json`
  - Trepat 2025 must: 21.2 °Bx (within the 20–22 °Bx variety optimum), pH 3.5, TA 4 g/L, healthy indigenous microbiome
  - The protocol's Five Levers of Control are set to bring out the parcel's character; they do not need to override it
  - The **Cascading Failure Principle** from `Analysis_Holobiont.pdf` §3.1 is **not applicable** to this lot — every parameter is in range
  - Zero SO₂ across the entire process — the must's chemistry and the indigenous microbiome handle spoilage control biologically

→ **Visual:** See `../../photos_videos/Trepat/Trepat cluster in the field.JPG`, `../../photos_videos/Trepat/Trepat_close view.HEIC`

### Claim: "Biodynamic Trepat from a single parcel — yeast is indigenous, not inoculated"
→ **Proof:** See `03_technical/chemical_analysis.json` (`yeast_strain: Indigenous (Trepat vineyard native)`)
  - Native non-Saccharomyces (Hanseniaspora, Lachancea, Candida) lead the first 24–72 hours
  - Indigenous Saccharomyces cerevisiae establishes dominance through cool-temperature selection
  - No EC1118, no commercial starter — only what was on the grape skin

→ **Visual:** See `../../photos_videos/Trepat/Collecting Trepat.HEIC`, `../../photos_videos/videos/Taking samples for microbiology.MOV`

### Claim: "Zero dosage — Brut Nature is the only honest expression of a single-fermentation sparkling wine"
→ **Proof:** See `03_technical/chemical_analysis.json` (`residual_sugar: 0 g/L post-dégorgement`)
  - Dégorgement replaces bottle volume with the same disgorged wine (no expedition liqueur)
  - Brut Nature keeps the salinity and mineral expression of limestone and the reductive power of 36 months of lees intact
  - Optional alternative: a terroir liqueur (aged Merlot or Garnatxa rancio, or estate-distilled spirit) for one experimental lot — see protocol §5

→ **Visual:** See `../../photos_videos/Trepat/Sediment in the bottle Ancestral.HEIC`, `../../photos_videos/videos/Deguelle Removing sediment Ancestral.MOV`

### Claim: "The Terroir Holobiont — the wine of a living superorganism"
→ **Proof:** See `../../protocols/Analysis_Holobiont.pdf` §2 (Terroir Holobiont) and §5.2 (Temperature lever)
  - The Trepat skin microbiome, the cellar wall flora, and the fermentation succession form a single integrated system
  - The 14–16°C starting temperature is the lever that selects which non-Saccharomyces contribute esters and terpenes
  - Winemaker's role: observe and accompany, not impose

→ **Visual:** See `../../photos_videos/Garnatxa/taking_samples_microbiology.HEIC`, `../../photos_videos/videos/Taking samples for microbiology.MOV`

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## Sensory Profile

**Intended:** A wine of paradox — the energy of an Ancestral with the clarity of a Traditionnelle. The first hour of light on coastal limestone, held in a sealed bottle for a year and a half.

- **Nose:** Wild strawberry, rose petal, white pepper, a marine saline edge; with air, the autolytic signature arrives — dried bread crust, a whisper of brioche
- **Palate:** Fine, persistent perlage from a single fermentation; mouth-watering acidity (high TA, low pH); a thread of tension that runs from attack to finish; zero dosage preserves the chalk
- **Body:** Translucent. Rosé color held pale by whole-cluster pressing and zero skin contact post-fermentation
- **Finish:** Saline, mineral, long. The acidity is the last thing you taste.

**Words for this wine:** *electric, saline, single-fermentation, hybrid, indigenous, Brut Nature*

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## Production & Scarcity

- **Single-parcel, single-vintage.** No blending across parcels. No carryover stock.
- **100 bottles.** The 100 kg Trepat from 2025 are the full production base for this wine.
- **Scarcity as fact:** "100 bottles produced. Library allocation by request."

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## Sales Playbook Mapping

| Persona | Primary Asset | Secondary Asset |
|---|---|---|
| **Investor** | `03_technical/protocol_followed.md` (one-tank single-tank economics, indigenous IP, zero-dosage story) | `03_technical/chemical_analysis.json` (single-fermentation proof) |
| **High-End Buyer** | `04_sensory/target_profile.md` (the personal story of becoming an author of intention) | `../../photos_videos/Trepat/Three bottles of Ancestral at the table.HEIC` |
| **Sommelier** | `03_technical/chemical_analysis.json` (pH/TA/RS, indigenous strain documentation) | `../../photos_videos/videos/Deguelle Removing sediment Ancestral.MOV` |

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*Last updated: June 2025*
*Source: protocols/Ancestral_es.pdf (Oct 2025) + Analysis_Holobiont.pdf (Oct 2025) + deliverables/CONSTRUCTOR_DECISION_TREE.md*