2014 | Castellroig (Sabaté i Coca) Reserva Familiar Brut Nature | Penedès | Spain Midorikawa mealy tannins

mealy tannins

Excellent length

In the early spring

Hauntingly dark and perfumed

fine herbs and cocoa powder

2014 | Castellroig (Sabaté i Coca) Reserva Familiar Brut Nature | Penedès | Spain Midorikawa mealy tanninsA long aged, single vineyard Xarello sparkler Castellroig's cult "Reserva Familiar," 60 months on the lees. Castellroig (Sabat i Coca) is a fourth generation Peneds estate and one of Catalonia's finest traditional method producers, championing the native Xarello grape. "Reserva Familiar" is its flagship: 100% Xarello from the single Terroja vineyard iron rich red soil over deep chalk given around 60 months of lees aging as a bone dry Brut Nature.