“It's not mainstream” - The Wine Advocate

This is indescribably good, which makes this tasting note somewhat futile, but lost causes are the ones we most like fighting for. It’s a pure Xarel-lo from 73 year-old vines aged in French oak and Hungarian chestnut barrels. There’s plenty of intrigue for curious wine enthusiasts, thanks to the concentration of flavours from those old vines and the interplay of the different types of wood. There’s a calm harmony, as if each component knows its role, playing at just the right volume. Pear compote, white peach, pencil shavings and crushed stones appeared on my tasting note, but I suspect you will find your own impressions, as it’s a wine that shapeshifts fascinatingly in the glass. It will inevitably attract the hipsters, as it comes from trendy Catalonia, it’s organic and biodynamic and made with minimal intervention, but it’s not one of those bruised-apple-flavoured natural wines, it’s clean and true. Quite mainstream, in fact. 12% alc. Drink now-2026.

Organic and biodynamic.

The Wine Advocate: “Xarel-lo grapes from a very old vineyard in the village of Pacs del Penedès, fermented in stainless steel and matured in 300-litre oak and chestnut barrels. They used some new barrels, and the wine comes through as quite smoky and spicy. There's also something different - it must have been the chestnut barrel - quite exotic; it could also be the oak, because it comes from Hungary. This is unusual, exotic and a bit woody. It's not mainstream, for sure.” 91 points