Grape - Perellada
Alcohol - 11.5%
Available from - Waitrose
Price - £9.39
Appearance - Clear, lemon, medium intensity, petillant
Nose - Clean, medium intensity, Citrus (lemon), stone fruit (peach), autolytic (lees).
Palate - Dry, high acid, medium alcohol, medium body, medium- intensity, medium+ length, creamy mousse. Citrus (lemon), kernel (hazelnut).
Good quality, drink now, not suitable for further ageing.
Oz Clarke says that often wines produced in partnership with retailers can be the best value, and I would say this wine is good evidence of that. Although Prosecco is all the rage, the time a Cava spends in contact with the lees gives it a bit of complexity and makes it an interesting alternative. This has a good bit of citrus and acidity that makes it refreshing, but although the concentration of the fruit flavours is not particularly strong on the palate, the length is good and the complexity comes through on the finish.
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