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Veneto | Cava | Languedoc-Roussillon 750 ml
  • Tastes like
  • Peach
  • Apple
  • Passionfruit
  • Citrus
  • Honey
  • Good with
  • Fish
  • Dessert
  • Fruit
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  • Ecological
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    Description

    1x 2018 Parxet Cuveé 21; Cava, Spain

    This Organic sparkling wine from Cava is a favourite of ours! Aromas of wood smoke, baked apple and browned butter are slightly complex and stately. This brut is farmed using sustainable and organic practises. Pear, apple and green-melon flavors are a touch oxidized prior to a sound finish. Rich & mouthfilling, with great freshness. It can be paired with white meat dishes, grilled vegetables, fish, and not very sweet desserts.
    Rated 90/100 points by Wine Enthusiast.

    1x 2020 Casa Gheller "Millesimato" Prosecco; Veneto, Italy

    Casa Gheller “Millesimato” is made from a single vintage, which is rare among Prosecco & indicative of its high quality. Beautifully aromatic, with ripe peach & floral notes. Lots of elegance and focus, displaying good balance and a hint of lime zest sitting alongside attractive pear and peach flavours.
    Rated 90/100 by Decanter.

    1x Sieur d'Arques Première Bulle Brut; Limoux, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

    Made predominantly from Mauzac, the exclusively hand-picked grapes are selected from very precise vineyard sites identified for the outstanding quality of their soil. The wine is then aged on second fermentation lees for 18 months, producing a refreshing dry sparkling wine that has lucious light floral and fruity scents and offers a fine and persistent mousse.

    Variety Description

    Pansa Blanca

    Pansa Blanca is a white grape variety of Spanish origin specially grown in Catalonia. With Macabeu and Parellada, is one of the three traditional varieties used to make the sparkling wine Cava. Spanish plantations stood at 8,750 hectares (21,600 acres) in 2004, Pansa Blanca wine can be strongly flavored, and is more aromatic than the other two Cava grape varieties.

    Prosecco

    Prosecco is an Italian white sparkling wine, generally a dry or extra dry wine. It is made from Glera grapes, formerly known also as Prosecco, but other grape varieties such as Bianchetta Trevigiana may be included.The name is derived from that of the Italian village of Prosecco near Trieste, where the grape may have originated.DOC Prosecco is produced in the regions of Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia, traditionally mainly around Conegliano and Valdobbiadene, in the hills north of Treviso. Prosecco is the main ingredient of the Bellini cocktail and can be a less expensive substitute for Champagne.

    Mauzac

    Mauzac (or Mauzac Blanc) is a traditional white grape variety found throughout South West France. While it has been largely supplanted by fashionable Chardonnay, it is used to make still and sparkling wines in the Limoux and Gaillac appellations. Wines made from Mauzac grapes tend to have honeyed, green apple characters, and the variety appears on its own or as part of a blend.

    Country Description

    Spain

    Spain is the widest wine producing country in the world, but the dry, infertile soil found in many Spanish wine regions makes low yields making Spain only the third largest wine producing country. The country has an abundance of native grape varieties, with over 400 varieties planted throughout Spain though 80 percent of the country's wine production is from only 20 grapes. Major Spanish wine regions include the Rioja and Ribera del Duero which is known for their Tempranillo production; Valdepeñas, known for high quality tempranillo at low prices; Jerez, the home of the fortified wine Sherry; Rías Baixas in the northwest region of Galicia that is known for its white wines made from Albariño and Catalonia which includes the Cava and still wine producing regions of the Penedès as well the Priorat region.

    Italy

    Italy is home to some of the oldest wine-producing regions in the world, and Italian wines are known worldwide for their broad variety. Italy, closely followed by France, is the world’s largest wine producer by volume. Italy's Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MIPAAF), has documented over 350 grapes and granted them "authorized" status. There are more than 500 other documented varieties in circulation as well. Some of the more famous grapes include Pinot Grigio, Trebbiano, Garganega, Nero d'Avola, Sangiovese and Corvina. Grapes are grown all the way from Piedmont and Veneto in the north, through Tuscany all the way including Sicily in the south.The three most iconic Italian wines are Barolo, Barbaresco, and Brunello di Montalcino.

    France

    Practically all the most famous grape varieties used in the world's wines are French varieties, and wine is produced all throughout France. France is the second largest wine producer in the world after Italy. The wines produced range from expensive high-end wines sold internationally to more modest wines usually only seen within France. In many respects, French wines have more of a regional than a national identity, as evidenced by different grape varieties, production methods and different classification systems in the various regions. Some of the more famous wine regions in France include Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Loire, Chablis and the Rhône valley.

    Region Description

    Cava

    Cava is a sparkling wine of Denominación de Origen (DO) status, most of which is produced in Catalonia, Spain. It may be white (Blanco) or rosé (Rosado).In the past, cava was referred to as "Spanish champagne", produced the same way as Champagne. Cava is an important part of Catalan and Spanish family tradition and is often consumed at celebrations like baptisms, marriages, banquets, dinners and parties.

    Veneto

    Veneto is a wine region in north-eastern Italy, one of a group of three highly productive Italian regions known collectively as the Venezie and the biggest DOC producer of the three. In Veneto, two differnt wine areas are clearly distinguishable: a Eastern part, closed to the Venice Lagoon between the hills of Treviso, the plain of Piave river and Adriatic coast, where is typical to produce the famous Prosecco (Glera), and are growth other varieties like Merlot, Carmenere, Verduzzo, Raboso Piave, Refosco, Tocai, Verdiso, Marzemino; and the Western part, closed to Garda Lake and the city of Verona, famous for the wines based on the varieties Corvina, Rondinella, Garganega, Trebbiano of Soave, Oseleta.

    Languedoc-Roussillon

    Languedoc-Roussillon wine, including the vin de pays labeled Vin de Pays d'Oc, is produced in southern France. While "Languedoc" can refer to a specific historic region of France and Northern Catalonia, usage since the 20th century (especially in the context of wine) has primarily referred to the northern part of the Languedoc-Roussillon région of France, an area which spans the Mediterranean coastline from the French border with Spain to the region of Provence. The area has around 700,000 acres (2,800 km2) under vines and is the single biggest wine-producing region in the world, being responsible for more than a third of France's total wine production.