Wilson Alba

by Flower Child

Variety: 100% Pacamara Region: Palestina, Huila, Colombia Elevation: 1,700-1,800 Meters Process: Fully Washed Harvest: August 2024 Notes: Red berry sweetness, delicate rounded with citrus. What a lovely and unique lot from Wilson Alba this year. Very rarely do we get to experience Pacamara done so well. It's a volatile and finnicky variety, but when it's good, it's very good. This one hits the mark with a complex and layered acidity ranging from ruby beets to green apples. There is a berry tart aspect ushered in with a thrush of sweet silky florals. This Pacamara is a very unique character all it's own, with a botanical complexity and a delicate citric structure. Pacamara is a hybrid variety of Pacas and Maragogipe. Maragogipe produces a big seed, thus Pacamara gained those bulky cherry genetics. This variety came out of El Salvador, it is seldom see grown elsewhere. Luckily we get it from some of the best farmers in Colombia (the Alba brothers). This variety is difficult to find i