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The 2018 Brut Nature Josep Coca is a Corpinnat blend of 85% Xarel·lo and 15% Macabeu, sourced from Penedès. Aged for up to 60 months in oak barrels and disgorged in March 2024, it reveals aromas of lime and balsamic herbs alongside white fruit notes. Dry and taut, the chalky palate lingers with a refreshing, compact, bubbly flow. This is a sapid and vibrant interpretation of Corpinnat.
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.