Alta Alella Privat Brut Nature Organic Cava Rosé 2021 $40
Entering its
mature phase, this wine is organically certified and crafted from monastrell (or mataro) grapes grown in sauló (sandy-granitic) soils in Catalonia, just south of Barcelona. In fact, Alta Alella is the closest winery to the city. It’s an attractively dry, minerally, spicy, chalky little chum with great length of flavour, perfectly pink cherry-salmon colour, and teensy-weensy delicate little bubbles. According to their website, ‘It forms a good rosary and a good crown.’ Not sure what that means, but it sounds snazzy. Quince paste, thyme, and goat’s cheese cigars? yum. Drink now.
