Winemaker Notes
A fresh, supple cava with notes of green apple, peach and nectarine.
Ideal with appetizers, salads, first courses and desserts with fruit.
Blend: 50% Macabeo, 20% Xarel·lo, 30% Parellada
Vegan-Friendly
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Freshly sliced apples and zesty lemon with a hint of creaminess. Medium-bodied with fine, frothy bubbles and a medium-long finish. Comprised of macabeo, xarel-lo and parellada.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
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.