Blancher - NV Cava Rosato Reserva (Trepat, Pinot Noir and Garnatxa (Grenache)) - Penedes, Spain but with a little patience

but with a little patience

so you always get a little bit of the bell pepper that is characteristic of the grape when it is harvested before it becomes a raisin

Jean-François Mérieau is the fourth generation of his family running this estate

The ‘Vigne’ bottling uses a cool stainless steel fermentation to keep the focus on the fruit

The wine is made naturally with a majority of whole clusters used to cool down and lengthen fermentation

Blancher - NV Cava Rosato Reserva (Trepat, Pinot Noir and Garnatxa (Grenache)) - Penedes, Spain but with a little patienceCava is the Spanish version of Champagne. Using the same methods as the French but with their local grapes, good Cavas (and there are 5plenty of bad ones) have all the complexity of Champagne but are priced to be, and consumed as, a part of daily life. This Reserva must be aged for 15 months on the lees, like Champagne, and is composed of Trepat, a local red grape, Pinot Noir and Garnatxa (Grenache) by the third generation of this family owned winery.