2007 Mas del Serral
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The Raventós family basically created Cava. This is a library release after 10 years on the lees. Disgorged in January 2020. Made with grapes from very old – mainly Xarello – vines in Penedès. Pepe Raventós, founder of Raventós i Blanc, was the first big name to leave the Cava DO. Very slightly pinkish deep gold. Very firm structure, good acidity and some autolysis in evidence. Some herbal quality but none of the cabbage flavour I associate with old-fashioned Xarello. Very appetising. Just a tiny bit astringent on the finish. (JR)
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Jancis Robinson MW
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The wine is aging at a very slow pace, and the year, one of the best in recent times along with 2010 and 2013, resulted in livelier wines, like this one; it has superb freshness and acidity perfectly integrated and in harmony with the bubbles. It has the tasty salinity and the intense finish—still incredibly lively at age ten. The juice has such depth and intensity that the lees are hardly marking the wine, with less oxidative aromas and a notable absence of smoky and developed aromas. It's livelier and, in many aspects, younger than the 2011 of the Manuel Raventós Negra I tasted next to it. Without a doubt, it's a world-class sparkling wine. It was disgorged in July 2017. 2,735 bottles produced. It's a brut nature, without any added sugar.