Vi Escumos de Qualitat

Score

95

Score

97

"Pepe Raventós' most personal sparkling – and de facto tête de cuvée – hailing from Clos del Serral, a north- and northwest-facing,1.71ha vineyard, planted in 1954 with Xarel.lo and Bastard Negre. Disgorged in May 2024, having spent 115 months on the lees. Outstanding detail and concentration with a muscular core of wet stone, lemon curd, quince and cherry pith. Long finish with lasting notes of toasted almonds, nectarine and preserved lemon. Biodynamic."

Score

96

"2013 is a top vintage of Mas del Serral, the celebration of old-vine Xarel-lo from the North-facing heart of the Serral hill on the Ravent¢s estate. It's explosively vivid, charry and intense, with apricot kernel, mandarin and nectarine aromas all subtly shifting before a palate of endless stony, sapid detail and subtle richness. It's quite open now in truth, tuned very slightly oxidatively perhspas, although there's certainly more interest to come. 2025-2032"

Score

95

"The 2013 Mas del Serral is a fascinating and unique example of a long-aged sparkling wine from Penedès. Comprising 100% Xarel·lo from Conca del Riu Anoia, it spent ten years on the lees. This golden wine showcases lychee, tangerine and green apple marmalade, contrasted by a deep layer of hazelnut, brioche and toasted bread. Dry and full of chalky energy on the palate, the finely knit bubbles are vibrant and crunchy, leading to a long-lasting finish. The 2013 has aged beautifully, which is a testament to the winemaking here."

Score

96

"The sparkling white 2013 Mas del Serral was produced with the field blend of Xarel.lo and Bastard Negre from the Mas del Serral vineyard, 1.92 hectares, that was planted between 1950 and 1954. The wine has 12.5% alcohol, with a pH of 2.91 and 7.1 grams of acidity, bone dry (1.1 grams of sugar) as a Brut Nature. It fermented in concrete egg, where it matured with lees for nine months. It was put to referment with Champagne yeasts in bottle, where it matured for 100 months. It has a complex nose of gunpowder and dry fish, iron and iodine, characterful, different, with a strong personality. It's a great white wine that happens to have bubbles. It has the elegance of the sandy soils. It's velvety, with abundant, fine bubbles and bright acidity; and 2013 was a cooler and wetter year with a mild August, so the grapes were healthy and ripened slowly and thoroughly. 2,425 bottles and 400 magnums were produced. It was disgorged in February 2024."