Celler Kripta (Agustí Torelló Mata) - Cava, Rosé, Trepat, Spain (2021)

TASTING NOTES

Pouring a pale, cherry-pink colour with fine and persistent bubbles, this will evolve slowly in the glass. Aromas and flavours of ripe cherry and wild strawberry with slight herbal notes. Balanced and rich, with good structure and a lively and elegant finish.  

Made from 100% Trepat grapes, grown in Spain's Penedès region, at the Ubac estate in Sant Joan de Mediona at an elevation of 500m. Harvest was in early October.

Only a few hours (~8) skin contact to extract colour, then temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel tanks with yeasts present on the grapes. Second fermentation took place in the bottle with a minimum of 24 months aging on the lees.

Bottles are disgorged individually, and only when required for market to ensure optimum condition of the finished wine. Dry (Brut) with 7 g/L residual sugar. 

In the heart of the Penedes, near the town of Sant Sadurni d’Anoia, Agustí Torelló Mata produces a range of high quality Cava, perhaps most notably for Kripta, unique for its extended ageing and handmade amphora shaped bottle. 

Agustí Torelló Mata is family owned and run. Their primary focus is Cava and its products are highly regarded by some of Spain’s most famous restaurants. 

There has been a movement recently in Spain to use the more fashionable higher producing grapes like the chardonnay and pinot noir in the Cava blend. Agustí Torelló stands firmly with tradition and flavour, by using only Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Perellada, and Trepat (for the Cava rosé). The production of Agusti Torello Mata is very limited due, among other things, to the age of their vines.