- Tasting Note: A superbly elegant wine, with complex yet vibrant notes of peach, apricot, golden apple, lemon peel, blanched almond and meadow flowers. Upon taking a sip, the first impression is of well-rounded, supple texture, offset by fine crispness and a creamy mousse. The lingering impression reflects the nose: citrus, apple, almond. Very refreshing, long finish.
- Food Matching: Ideal as an aperitif or with appetizers
- Vineyard: Gramona are steeped in history and revered for their long lees aging, a process that came from the neccesity of having to block up their cellars to avoid looting during the Spanish Civil War. The biggest asset is the land and they have gone to great lengths to recover the soils and now have a fully integrated biodynamic approach where all preparations are made on site and cover crops are spontaneously sown. The vines share the land with chickens, cows, sheep and horses all in an effort to maintain a natural equilibrium within the soil. Heralded as the finest Sparkling Wines of Spain their hard work has paid off winning high praise from all critics as the only Spanish house to rival top Vintage Champagne. Truly an artisan product, the wines which see more than 5 years lees aging are all aged on cork as it slows the oxidation process. This means these wines are all riddled and disgorged by hand (you can still see the chalk mark in the punt of the bottle where it was turned during riddling.
- Vinification: 45% Xarel.lo, 45% Macabeo, 10% Parellada Wine certified with the (CCPAE) seal of the Consejo Catalán de Producción Agraria y Ecológica (Catalan Council of Organic Production) We assume responsibility for each and every step involved in the winemaking process, from the vine to the bottle. The grapes are picked by hand, go onto a sorting belt, are transferred by gravity, and pressed whole bunch. This sparkling wine has been aged for more than 30 months on the lees in the silence of the cellar.
- Group: Sparkling
- Color: White
- Primary Grape: Macabeo
- Region: Penedès
- Producer/Brand: Gramona
- Closure: Natural Cork
- Vegetarian: Yes
- Vegan: Yes
- Organic: Certified Organic
- Biodynamic: Certified Biodynamic
- Acidity (g/L Tartaric): 5.8
- Residual Sugar (g/L): 5.5
- Grapes: Grape Macabeo 55 ; Grape Xarel·lo 35 ; Grape Parellada 10