Reyes de Aragón Brut Reserva

SWIC Score: 88 (JMG)

Tasting notes: Dried peaches, bakery, fleshy, intense.

Available: ON (VINTAGES 194803 - $ 13.95)

Winery: Bodegas Langa

Region: D.O. Cava (Aragón)

Varieties: 70% Chardonnay, 30% Macabeo

Ageing: 15 months in bottle.

Alcohol level: 11.5% alc./vol.

Based in the town of Calatayud, quiet far from the traditional Cava country of Catalonia, the team of Bodegas Langa manages to produce an intense sparkling wine. They use just the first flower must of both Chardonnay and Macabeo to elaborate this Reyes de Aragón Brut Reserva. Following the traditional method, it reposes in the bottle for 15 months with the yeasts. Even it is a dry wine, you can find a hint of sweetness, due to the 6-7 gr./L of reductive sugar that it has.

Vintage tasted: n/a (May 2012)