Gramona La Cuvee Corpinnat Sparkling Wine 2019

It was a cooler vintage, and the wine is fresh; the dosage was adjusted by tasting, a little lower this year. It comes from the same vineyards as Imperial but has a little more body and a little lower acidity, making it a more approachable wine. It’s classical and balanced, tasty and fresh, serious and with a dry finish. The most approachable of their sparkling wines. Very good value for the by-the-glass market. – 91 PTS, LUIS GUTIERREZ, WINE ADVOCATE

IMPORTER NOTES:

WINE PROFILE: La Cuvee from Gramona is sourced from 13 growers who are members of Aliances per la Terra, an organization established to promote organic and biodynamic farming in the Peneds. Currently, all these growers are certified organic, and 12 are certified biodynamic. The most youthful of the sparkling wines released by Gramona, La Cuvee is a blend of 45% Xarel.lo, 45% Macabeu, and 10% Parellada from a total of 11 hectares of vineyards. It is aged for a minimum of 30 months sur lattes and finished with a dosage of between 4-6 g/L before release.

CORPINNAT APPELLATION PROFILE: A label of excellence registered in 2017, whose name is composed of the word cor (heart in Catalan), and Pinnat, which comes from the etymological root Pinnae, referring to the origin of the place name Peneds. This collective brand encompasses wineries in the heart of the Peneds, which make their wines from 100% organic grapes harvested by hand and vinified entirely on the property.