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90 | View from the Cellar | The Conde de Subirats Cava non-vintage Brut Rosé is composed from a cépages of fifty
percent each of Trepat and Pinot Noir, grown on sandy soils with plenty of limestone. This bottle
is from the base year of 2022 and was disgorged in July of 2024, with a finishing dosage of 8.5
grams per liter. The wine is a pale salmon color and delivers a refined bouquet of wild strawberries, gentle notes of tangerine, chalky soil tones, dried flowers and a touch of bread dough. On the palate the wine is crisp, precise and full-bodied, with a good core of fruit, fine soil undertow, frothy mousse and good length and grip on the complex and nicely balanced finish. To my palate, this might have been even a bit more refined on the backend with a dosage of six grams per liter or so, just to let more of its lovely chalky minerality shine forth on the finish. But, it is very tasty just the way it is as well! 2025-2035. John Gilman, Issue 1117, May– June 2025 |