This astonishing wine is aged on the lees for no less than 108 months prior to release. It is intense and complex, with aromas of ripe peaches, golden apple and quince, alongside lemon zest, aromatic herbs, cherry blossom and pine forest. The long lees-ageing has conferred amazingly complex layers of flavour: toasted sourdough bread, butter puff pastry, brioche, toasted hazelnuts, almonds, vanilla custard, coffee and praline. The first sip reveals a powerful yet nuanced surge of flavour, and a fabulous balance between maturity and freshness. Exquisitely fine, creamy bubbles caress the palate. The lingering, complex finish insists that this is a fine wine to be savoured slowly. Truly memorable - once tasted, never forgotten.
Celler Batlle Brut
Gramona
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Winemaking
108 months on lees, 'sur lattes', in Gramona's cellars. Cork-sealed, hand-riddled, clarified via 'Pupitre'. 5.5 g/l dosage with aged 'expedition liqueur'. Family controls vine-to-bottle. 65% Xarel.lo, 35% Macabeu. 4,800 bottles of Corpinnat Gran Reserva, crafted across generations.
Press Review
94+/100 - The 2011 Celler Batlle Brut was produced with a blend of 75% Xarel.lo and 25% Macabeo from the Font Jui property of 22.5 hectares. The wine was adjusted (blind by tasting) with 7.2 grams of sugar from the residual sugar and the dosage from an old solera of wines that have some sugar and are part of the Gramona. This matured in bottle with lees, closed with a cork for 122 months. It's more in the style of the 1990s than the wines from the last 20 years, with a little more sugar. 7,100 bottles produced. I had the chance to taste a bottle of 2007 disgorged in 2018, and the wine, which was a lot drier than this 2011, is evolving superbly. Gramona has celebrated its 100 anniversary of the Gramona label, but they started earlier (in 1881) with other brands. Today, they have 65 hectares of organic and biodynamic vineyards certified by Demeter (from 2011, so not all wines are still certified, but they will be) and 130 more hectares from the association Alianzas por la Tierra. They produce 650,000 bottles of Corpinnat sparkling wines (Cava in the past). There is a new sparkling wine from Gramona, Innoble, a non-vintage blend. They are one of the leading quality producers of sparkling wine from Spain.
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Product Specification
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ColourWhite
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CountrySpain
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RegionPenedès
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Sub RegionCorpinnat
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StyleDry
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ClosureNatural Cork
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SKUJ4756111
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Alcohol %12%
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GrapeXarel-lo
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Unit Volume75cl
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VeganYes
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VegetarianYes