Grants for competitiveness strengthening initiatives for 2020 cluster projects - Development and innovation projects (LIN02).
The surplus of grapes that has been generated in recent years in Catalonia has reduced the price of grapes due to the large supply of production in the face of a reduction in demand for winemaking and, therefore, alternative ways must be sought for enhance the surplus of grapes, giving it a maximum competitive output. The MCR (Most Rectified Concentrate) is the grape juice pressed and treated to be colorless and odorless and, due to the surplus grape, it is one of the most favorable outputs that are contemplated, both as a source of sugar for the second fermentation in the cava process as in the production of cava expedition liquors, becoming a raw material from the production system itself and even from the exploitation itself.
The objective of the study is to technically and economically evaluate the different alternatives for the production of the RCM and assess the creation of the necessary infrastructure for its transformation. One of the solutions proposed by the sector is to take advantage of the grape surplus and obtain a RCM to replace the sugar that is currently added to sparkling wines to carry out the second fermentation in the bottle. Today, the sugar used comes from beet that is of Central European origin, in the case of conventional sparkling wines or organic sugar cane, for organic productions and that has to be imported from tropical countries. In this way, it is intended to replace most or all of the sugar that is used as imported raw material by a local one from the grape itself and that will allow the sector to become a 100% circular and sustainable industry.
The MCR project has the ambition to solve different challenges in the wine sector, among them the objective of becoming a 100% circular sector, in terms of sustainability; work to reduce CO2 emissions and replace an imported raw material (sugar) with a local one. Another environmental consideration is the elimination of CO2 emissions from the transport of beet sugar (France or Germany) and cane, mainly from Thailand, with the consequent CO2 footprint incorporated into the final product. At a social level, beyond the improvement in the price of grape growers, a new industrial infrastructure will be created, which will provide qualified and high-value jobs in the industrial fabric of the Penedès region, in addition to creating a brand local that will strengthen products made with local raw materials.
Finally, the use of the MCR will turn Catalan sparkling wines into the only products of their category, worldwide, that will incorporate a raw material that will be from the winery itself, achieving a remarkable competitive advantage over the rest since, at an organoleptic level, no noticeable changes are expected in the cava obtained.
This project is subsidized by ACCIÓN, through the call for aid to Initiatives to Strengthen Competitiveness. It has the collaboration of Eureca, which carries out the technical and economic study for the optimization of existing technologies to achieve the MCR with the ideal characteristics for the production of sparkling wines and the participation of the companies Vilarnau, Juvé & Camps, Gramona and Cades Penedès.
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