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Essential references

Familia Torres

Penedès DO

  • Mas La Plana: a Penedès Cabernet: The first vintage of Mas La Plana, 1970, won its category at the Paris Wine Olympics in 1979. The Cabernet Sauvignon became one of Familia Torres’s signature reds and helped establish its international reputation.
  • Gentle extraction in 2019: For Mas La Plana 2019, parcels were vinified separately in stainless steel or wooden vats, with gentle extraction. Eighteen months in French oak barrels and large wooden foudres followed. The family describes the approach as a way to retain the natural freshness of the variety and vintage.
  • Mas La Plana 2019: Blackberries, flowers, clove and mace accompany a dense but supple, warm palate, extended by a fresh finish.
Historic estates and founders

Gramona

Corpinnat, a collective trademark; not a DO

  • A wine passed down through the family: Created by Gramona’s third generation, ‘Imperial’ makes long cellar ageing a family signature. The 2019 spent more than fifty months on the lees, in contact with the yeast deposited after fermentation.
  • Families around the vines: The grapes for ‘Imperial’ come from the family vineyards and Aliances per la Terra, a collective of winegrowing families led by Gramona since 2015. The house is also one of the founders of Corpinnat, a collective trademark for sparkling wines from Penedès.
  • Creamy bubbles, a lively finish: ‘Gramona Imperial Brut’ 2019: ripe white fruit, citrus and pastry; a creamy palate, fine bubbles and lively freshness.
Essential references

Recaredo

Penedès · Corpinnat

  • Ageing under cork since 1955: As metal crown caps became widespread, the Mata family kept cork for bottle ageing in 1955. Recaredo removes the deposit by hand at cellar temperature, a process known as manual disgorgement.
  • Terrers Brut Nature 2021: Terrers 2021 spends at least fifty months under cork before disgorgement. No sugar is added afterwards: it is a brut nature. Roasted and confectionery notes accompany a full, creamy palate, very fine integrated bubbles, freshness and a persistent finish.
Essential references

Can Ràfols dels Caus

Catalonia - Garraf

  • Returning to the family home: In 1979, Carlos Esteva returned to restore his grandfather’s property in Garraf. He later had a cellar excavated in the rock: sixteen years of construction to allow the small plots to be vinified separately.
  • Bordeaux varieties in Catalonia: Created in the 1980s, the ‘Gran Caus’ range is central to the estate. ‘Gran Caus Negre’ 2022 blends 80% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot under DO Penedès.
  • A supple, fragrant red: ‘Gran Caus Negre’ 2022 shows a silky texture, black fruit and balsamic notes.