Winemaker Notes
Concentration and freshness. We have a very good balance between maturity and freshness. At this time the wines are expressive with notes of fermentation fruits that will soon develop towards aromas more characteristic of the terroir and the variety.
Blend: 60% Sumoll, 40% Xarel·lo
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2023 La Rosa blends 60% Sumoll and 40% Xarel·lo from Penedès. Fermented with native yeast, this Provençal-like Rosé offers white pepper and leafy notes with a pristine sour cherry core.
Whether it’s playful and fun or savory and serious, most rosé today is not your grandmother’s White Zinfandel, though that category remains strong. Pink wine has recently become quite trendy, and this time around it’s commonly quite dry. Since the pigment in red wines comes from keeping fermenting juice in contact with the grape skins for an extended period, it follows that a pink wine can be made using just a brief period of skin contact—usually just a couple of days. The resulting color depends on grape variety and winemaking style, ranging from pale salmon to deep magenta.
A superior source of white grapes for the production of Spain’s prized sparkling wine, Cava, the Penedes region is part of Catalunya and sits just south of Barcelona. Medio Penedès is the most productive source of the Cava grapes, Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada. Penedes also grows Garnacha and Tempranillo (here called Ull de Llebre in Catalan), for high quality reds and rosès.