Gelida Brut Reserva Pinot Noir Rosé

D.O. Cava

Sant Sadurni D’Anoia, Gelida, and Sant Llorenc, in Penedès, Barcelona, Spain.

100% Pinot Noir

Sant Sadurni D’Anoia, Penedès, Barcelona, Spain. The Can Prats vineyard is located in Penedès superior in Espiells.

1991

The grapes are sourced from a Pinot Noir vineyard in the Can Prats estate located in Sant Llorenc d’Hortons, in the Espiells area. Organic viticulture. Vins el Cep owns four major estate vineyards, each of them planted to specific varieties -Macabeo from Can Simón, Xarel-lo and Pinot Noir from Can Prats, Parellada from Can Castany and Chardonnay from Can Miquel de les Planes, in Gelida. Vins el Cep is a unique producer of sparkling wine from Spain because all of their vineyards are certified organic and are estate owned. This was the first cava producer to employ biodynamic practices at their estate.

Calcareous sandy soils.

Mediterranean.

Methode champenoise. The hand harvested grapes enter the cellar by gravity. A gentle press is carried out and only free run and 50% of the first press must is used. Each variety and vineyard plot is fermented separately in small tanks to protect their individuality. Secondary fermentation is carried out in bottle.

A minimum of 24 months in bottle after the secondary fermentation, in some vintages up to 36 months.

Vins el Cep (roughly translates to wines from the vineyard) epitomizes the concept of "grower" sparkling wine. Vins el Cep was the pioneering producer of organic and biodynamically farmed sparkling wine in Spain. Today, the winery produces wine exclusively from estate owned vineyards - not a single berry or liter of purchased must or wine enters the cellar every year. In contrast, Vins el Cep is extremely strict with their selection and sells several thousand liters a year in bulk to large, commercial Cava producers when quality is not to their standards. Maite Esteve, the matriarch of the company, is the paradigm of the concept of a vigneron. She is a grape grower, winemaker, CFO, label designer, marketer, director of sales, etc. Gelida Brut Reserva Rosé is Vins el Cep's flagship Rosé Cava, and is a beautiful expression of old vine Pinot Noir from Penedès.