Llopart Leopardi Gran Reserva Nature Brut, Catalonia, Spain

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點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：502

A firm version, lightly toasty, with a creamy mousse and notes of white raspberry, pickled ginger and pastry cream. Smoke-tinged finish. Drink now. 1,500 cases made, 300 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Spain / Cava Select to Add

A hint of minerally petrol on the nose underscores notes of ripe and juicy white cherry, anise and almond biscotti on the palate. The lively mousse carries the flavor range to the clean-cut, spiced finish. Drink now through 2020. 500 cases made, 300 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Spain / Cava Select to Add

The 2011 Leopardi Gran Reserva Brut Nature is a blend of 40% each Xarello and Macabeo and 10% each Parellada and Chardonnay matured in contact with the lees in bottle for at least 48 months. This flagship Leopardi was also the same vintage I tasted last time. The bottle I tasted had been disgorged in December 2017, extremely late. 2011 is surprising me with some wines showing much more freshness than I expected, and this is one of them. Other than that, the extended time in contact with the lees has provided more intense smoky and leesy aromas, reminiscent of bread dough, and there's also something salty, almost marine. This is very pleasant for current drinking, and it's evolving nicely in bottle. 30,000 bottles.

The 2010 Leopardi Gran Reserva Brut Nature is an assemblage of four different wines selected because of their elegance and aging potential, blended and put in bottle for a second fermentation where it matured in contact with the lees for 48 months. The blend came to 40% Xarello, 40% Macabeo, 10% Parellada and 10% Chardonnay and the final wine has no dosage added. It has a serious nose with some elegance, although a bit closed at first. There is good precision, seriousness and good balance in the palate, the time in bottle has created good integration of the gas and acidity. It is perfect to drink now. 35,000 bottles produced.

The 2008 Leopardi Gran Reserva Brut Nature is one of my go-to Cavas, a blend of 40% Xarello, 40% Macabeo, 10% Parellada and 10% Chardonnay aged for 48 months in contact with the lees before being disgorged. It has a subtle, elegant and harmonious nose where the aromas of white flowers, fennel, peaches and pears are intermixed with notes of freshly-baked bread, yeasts and faint smoke. The palate is clean with delineated flavors, tiny bubbles and a pungent, fine thread of acidity driving the wine up. Drink now-2016. Llopart is one of the names to follow in Cava. Their wines are going from strength to strength. Importer: Jorge Ordonez, Fine Estates from Spain, Dedham, MA; tel. (781) 461-5767