The 2012 Colors Blanc is an unoaked blend of 75% Macabeo and 25% Chardonnay aged in inox in contact with the lees for six months. The nose is quite fruit-driven with aromas of yellow plum and red apples with some yeasty, smoky tones and a fresh palate with clean, pungent, delineated flavors, quite intense and balanced with a pleasant bitter finish. Drink now-2016.
Cervoles shares ownership with Castell del Remei also in Costers del Segre, but this is a much younger enterprise, created in 1997 and with an average production of 110,000 bottles.
Importers: Wine Library, Springfield, NJ; tel. (973) 376-0005, www.winelibrary.com;Yountville Wine Imports, Yountville, CA; tel. (707) 738-8463, www.yountvillewineimports.com