Winemaker Notes
This is the combination of three local black grape varieties: Xarel·lo vermell and Sumoll. Textures de Pedra is a Blanc de Noirs concentrated on the palate and with a great potential for ageing.
Blend: 60% Xarel·lo Vermell, 40% Sumoll
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
A firm spine of citrusy acidity is seamlessly knit with the refined mousse in this finely balanced, vivid sparkler. Offers notes of chopped white cherry and grilled Macadamia nut, with hints of preserved lemon, candied ginger, smoke and spices. Classy. Drink now through 2031.
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.