Corpinnat Turó d’en Mota - Gran Res. Brut N. - Xarel.lo (09)

Xarel.lo | single vineyard | 70 jaar oude stokken uit een kleine clos | vergisting op eikenhout | minimaal 120 maanden+ sur latte | geen dosage | grote witte mousserende wijn met een enorme diepgang | evt uur van te voren openmaken en schenken in ruime glazen 

Recaredo

Een wijnhuis gespecialiseerd in Corpinnat (voorheen cava) en wat doen ze dit goed. De derde, vierde en vijfde staan nu aan het roer en er is weinig veranderd aan de arbeidsintensieve manier van wijn maken in dit wijnhuis Ze hebben alle vijftig hectare omgezet naar biodynamische wijnbouw. De wijnen worden na botteling tussen de 30 en 120 maanden gerijpt in de kelders, elke 14 maanden worden de flessen geschud voor de smaakontwikkeling en de flessen worden met de hand gedegogeerd zonder het bevriezen van de hals. Een aperitief of maaltijdbegeleider van hoge kwaliteit van mediterrane druivenrassen met een bijzonder verhaal.

Review

Their top wine is the single-vineyard Xarel.lo 2008 Turó d'en Mota, named after the origin of the grapes. 2008 was an exceptional year in the zone, and the wine fermented in 300-liter oak barrels and then was put to referment in bottle, where it spent no less than 155 months (12 years and 11 months!) with the lees. 2008 produced healthy clusters of extraordinary acidity, ideal for the long aging, and it has only 11% alcohol, an incredible pH of 3.02 and six grams of tartaric acid. Maybe I'm influenced but the nose, but the aromatic palette from this wine is completely different from the rest of the portfolio, with green olives, curry, spices, toast and smoke and wet chalk, all in a very subtle way. This has density, fine tannins and citrus freshness that makes you salivate. This is a superb white wine that happens to have bubbles... A completely different wine, full of personality and character. This feels very young and undeveloped, as it's aging at a glacial pace. Winemaker Ton Mata told me other 2008s have evolved in a very positive way. The wine has been certified organic and biodynamic since the 2010 vintage. 4,317 numbered bottles produced. 97/100 Luis Gutiérrez

Recaredo is one of the leading producers of sparkling wines, now under the collective brand Corpinnat (in the past, in the Cava DO), and since the 2017 vintage, it keeps moving in the direction to use only organic must to provoke the second fermentation in bottle, something they started working on in 2013. Of course, all their vineyards, 90 hectares, and wines (280,000 bottles) are certified organic and biodynamic, but they don't print the Demeter certification on the label because it has a very high cost. Incredibly enough, they didn't export any wine in 2007, and today the export market only represents 20% of their volume. They are the best producer of sparkling wine from Spain.