Winery: Cellers AT Roca
Region: Catalonia
Bottle: 75 cl
Grape Varieties: 100% Macabeo
Type: Sparkling Brut Nature Reserva Barrica
Alcohol Content: 12% Vol
Serving Temperature: 7° - 8° C.
Agustí Torello Sibill moves away from the family business, the well-known Cavas, Agustí Torelló Mata, and along with his sons, begins a new project, elaborating wines in their own cellar with his own son, Agustí Torelló Roca, as the oenologist.
The sparkling wine is elaborated in the wine region of Penedès; although it is in the heart of the cava production region, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, it produces its sparkling wines outside the appellation of D.O. Cava.
They are committed to the use of the autochthonous varieties Macabeo, Xarel.lo and Parellada, and they apply ecological and sustainable viticulture practices in their vineyards.
The Reserva Barrica is a classic Penedès elaborated exclusively from Macabeo sourced from a single vineyard, "La Vinya Esparter", an old, low-yielding single vineyard planted on limestone and shale soils in Costers d'Ordal.
Production:
The wine is fermented and aged for 7 months in oak barrels on its lees, after which it follows a long-ageing process of at least 30 months in bottles, which gives the wine its genuine terroir character with its elegance, fineness, and complexity.
Tasting Notes:
Straw yellow, slow and very fine bubbles, an elegant and clean nose, extraordinary complexity of aromas, white fruit followed by spicy notes, and vanilla with a light smokiness. On the palate, complex layered flavours, mouth-filling, complex, creamy, and mineral; pastry; and toasted notes with good acidity and a fresh and elegant long finish.
