Castell d'Or, Rosé Cava Brut
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Castell d'Or, Rosé Cava Brut - NV

Item # 33762 750 mL

Rosé Cava made from the local red Trepat grape variety. This sparkling wine is fruity with red berried aromas and is dry on the palate and with a fine bubble. This is an ideal apéritif wine that would work well with a seared tuna with caponata.

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Rosé Cava made from the Trepat grape in Penedès, Spain. Cava is made in the same way as Champagne, with the second fermentation in the bottle. The aging requirements are not as strict, though. For the Castell d'Or, it is just 12 months, but with that aging you do get a complexity that you would not expect in this price range. Cool and crisp, with berry fruit and a clean dry finish, this is the perfect aperitif, but it could transition into a meal's first courses easily.

- JGM

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Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

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Cava

Dry, delicious Cava is an excellent Champagne alternative. The best examples are aged on the lees (the spent yeast cells used in fermentation) and show complexity to rival that of the best Champagnes.


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