2012 Cava Gran Reserva Imperial Gramona

Really elegant nose of white fruit and flowers, with hints of citrus peel, the palate has a creamy texture with lovely brioche and toast hints, and a long fruity fresh finish.

From Catalonia, the 2012 Gran Reserva Brut Imperial is a seriously good cava that's up with the best out there. Made from a mix of Xarel-lo, Macabeo, and Chardonnay, all from clay and limestone soils, aged on lees for 60 months, it offers a rich, full-bodied style to go with plenty of orchard fruits and yeasty lees, toasted brioche-like aromas and flavors. With a fine, elegant, exuberant mousse and a clean finish, it's a balanced effort that should keep for 3-5 years, if not longer.

The 2012 Gran Reserva Brut Imperial is a very versatile Cava from a healthy vintage. It's a blend of 50% Xarello, 40% Macabeo and 10% Chardonnay with a dosage of seven grams of sugar and disgorged after 60 months in contact with the lees in bottle. I found this vintage very balanced and harmonious, clean and focused, with great intensity and an equally balanced palate with fine bubbles and a creamy texture. This is a very regular Cava, the one that best represents Gramona as such, with some crunchiness and a great balance between fruit and complexity. 433,000 bottles produced. 2018 - 2021

Fin, frisk gul frugt, intens kalk og de autolytiske brødnoter. Balance og fin ren frugt som signatur i smagen. Lang afslutning. Flot vin.

Imperial kommer hovedsageligt fra biodynamisk dyrkede marker og får lov at ligge 60 måneder med bærmen. Imperial får lidt internationalt stjernestøv over sig med 10% chardonnay, men det er og bliver xarel-lo og macebeo, der styrer udtrykket. Billedskabende duft af vådesommeregndråber på den tørre grusvej med bagt æble, østrigsk strudel nedenunder. Lige efter introen i munden virker den sødlig, næsten karameliseret, men dosagen er 8g/l, og der er ingen tvivl , at den lange tid med gæren er årsagen. Boblerne er cremede og eftersmagen har malariadræbende kinin.