Showing posts with label Cava. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cava. Show all posts

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Happy New Year: Agustí Torelló Mata Rosat Trepat Brut Reserva 2009, Cava





Happy New Year Everybody!!!


Like every New Year’s Day I’d like to present to you guys out there a sparkling wine. As always a kind of Fizz I am not very familiar at all. So, accept my apologies for all the ignorance I am about to write right now! Please! It is my first Trepat sparkling after all.

What is Trepat? Trepat is a late ripening, large-berried and pretty frail red Spanish grape variety which is primarily grown in the D. O.’s of Cava, Conca de Barberà and Costers del Segre in Catalonia. In most cases it is used for Rosé and of sparkling Rosé wines – just like my New Year’s Fizz. The producer of my Trepat is one of the biggest and most renowned names in the Cava business: Agustí Torelló Mata. In 1959 he started to open up his own Cava winery. Before this new challenge he was involved in several other Cava ventures. Today, the Agustí Torelló Mata winery is famous for its eccentrically looking flagship fizz Krypta, just the bottle not the actual wine, and its intense and highly balanced Brut Nature from traditional grape varietals. Let’s check out today’s Rosat Trepat Brut Reserva from 2009:

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Propagation for 2012 with Cava: Gramona Imperial Gran Reserva Brut 2004, Cava

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY!!! HAVE A GREAT 2012!!!


Something very suitable for a good start into 2012! 

A classic sparkling by one of the most famous producers of Cava. For sure no discovery ;-)! This from Gramona was made of 50% Xarel-lo, 40% Macabea and 10% Chardonnay. I saw a lively bright golden colour in my flute'ish glass. Very soft and gentle mousse. Pretty small bubbles. Intense fragrances of red apples, lemon cream biscuits, nuts and flowery honey. The taste showed very refined flavours of various apples and biscuits, a hint of orange liquor and very nicely integrated nut aromas. This Cava appeared to be a gentle, lean and not too simple minded sparkling wine. It wasn't as tart, spicy, "dry" or harshly down-to-earth like some Cavas. It goes down the gullet rather easy and made a hell of fun. Very enjoyable stuff for little money.