2014 | Castellroig (Sabaté i Coca) Reserva Familiar Brut Nature | Penedès | Spain Midorikawa Hauntingly dark and perfumed

Hauntingly dark and perfumed

brambles and cherries with spiced orange peel and lilac blossom

In the early spring

but nicely filled with fruit

fine herbs and cocoa powder

2014 | Castellroig (Sabaté i Coca) Reserva Familiar Brut Nature | Penedès | Spain Midorikawa Hauntingly dark and perfumedA 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.