Enric Soler2003PenedsXarel.loCataloniaEsther Nin20062007

100% Xarel.lo

40-65

3534750

300L8

12%

After acquiring a small plot of land from his grandfather in 2003, the Spanish champion sommelier Enric Soler endeavored to transform the local Xarel.lo grape to produce the best wine in the world, he also worked hard to make his white wine the best in Catalonia. With highly talented winemaker Esther Nins assistance, organic and biodynamic agriculture is adopted. The 2006 white wines were a huge blast to the market, and from 2007 onwards, their wines are always the most sought after and easily be sold out.

Country of Origin:
Spain

Type:
White/Blanc (Still)

Grape Variety:
100% xarel lo.

Age of Vines:
40-65 years.

Farming:
Organic and biodynamic

Production:
3,534 bottles of 750 ml.

Fermented and aged for 8 months in French oak barrels of 300 litres (2nd, 3rd & 4th year)and egg shaped cement tanks. Indigenous yeasts.

Wine Advocates Tasting Notes :
The 2013 Improvisaci, the (until now) second wine from Cal Raspallet, is also pure old-vine Xarello fermented and aged in used 300-liter oak barrels and egg-shaped cement vats that in the fresh 2013 vintage achieved 12.73% alcohol and very good acidity. The nose is very soil-driven, serious and subtle. Only native yeasts are used, there are no winemaker adjustments whatsoever and the wine feels very authentic. The palate is sharp, with more subtle acidity than I was expecting, slowly showing flavors of chalk intermixed with beeswax. This well structured and sapid wine is showing great.