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Recaredo Corpinnat Turó d'en Mota de Recaredo Brut Nature 2009 (Disg. May 2023)

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Recaredo Corpinnat Turó d'en Mota de Recaredo Brut Nature 2009 (Disg. May 2023)
Producer Recaredo
Region, Country Penedès, Spain
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 24316-750

Biodynamic. Xarel·lo from another planet! Described by Tom Hewson as “one of the world’s most remarkable sparkling wines”, the Turó d’en Mota cuvée is sourced from a unique site within the Serral del Vell vineyard. It’s made from just under one hectare of goblet-trained Xarel·lo vines, planted in 1940 at almost 300 metres on the north side of the hill from which it takes its name. Cropped at 22 hl/ha, the wine ferments in barrel and rests on lees over winter with occasional stirring. It then ages in bottle for at least 12 years (156 months for this release) before the first disgorgement, as indicated on every bottle.

When the wine was first released in 2008—the 1999 vintage—Turó d’en Mota was the first pure Xarel·lo produced in the region. Today, it is widely considered one of the great, if not the greatest, sparkling wines from Spain. Luis Gutiérrez regularly rates the wine in the high nineties (97 points for the 2008) and little wonder. Although far from Champagne, it ages like the great grower wines to the north, developing boundless complexity while remaining alive, vibrant and super detailed. Sheer class. The 2009 and 2010 vintages we have tasted are simply extraordinary: racy, mineral and remarkably vivid and detailed.

Recaredo Corpinnat Turó d'en Mota de Recaredo Brut Nature 2009 (Disg. May 2023)

Reviews

“Old vine Xarel-lo from a single parcel on calcareous soils on the Recaredo estate in Sant Sadurni. Fermented in 300l barrels. The 2009 is a stunning picture of subtle, complex maturity, with all the rusticity of Xarel-lo transformed into a wine of constantly-shifting colours and textures; there's a concentrated, cooked apple and salted lemon drive, deep veins of leather and cinnamon, a hint – but not the weight – of butterscotch and honey and beautiful fig and marmalade nuances. Despite the evolved aromatics, these wines have a rippling, fluid texture that is so unexpected.”
96 points, Tom Hewson, Catalunya Sparkling Wine Report (Tim Atkin MW)
“A potent, complex, layered sparkling wine. There’s strong umami credentials here, maritime elements, truffle, green apple, faint dried citrus peel, alpine herbs, aniseed and wild herbs galore. Supple in texture yet huge freshness and sense of energy, very light, low key bubbles but they’re there in an effervescent kind of way, almost a trill of tiny fizz over anything else. The palate staining persistence and continuing tickle of bubbles scintillating. A superb sparkling.”
96 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
“Big flavour energy. This is very complex. Very appealing. Nougat, marzipan, hint of truffle, halva. Apple crumble tart. Big oyster shell aftertaste. Slippery texture. Vanilla slice, ricotta sweet filling in a savoury salty crunchy shell. There’s that leesy complexity with fine detail and a hint of sweetness but it’s stepping into the savoury and salty zone overall. Wowza, so good.”
96 points, Kasia Sobiesiak, The Wine Front

Reviews

“Old vine Xarel-lo from a single parcel on calcareous soils on the Recaredo estate in Sant Sadurni. Fermented in 300l barrels. The 2009 is a stunning picture of subtle, complex maturity, with all the rusticity of Xarel-lo transformed into a wine of constantly-shifting colours and textures; there's a concentrated, cooked apple and salted lemon drive, deep veins of leather and cinnamon, a hint – but not the weight – of butterscotch and honey and beautiful fig and marmalade nuances. Despite the evolved aromatics, these wines have a rippling, fluid texture that is so unexpected.”
96 points, Tom Hewson, Catalunya Sparkling Wine Report (Tim Atkin MW)
“A potent, complex, layered sparkling wine. There’s strong umami credentials here, maritime elements, truffle, green apple, faint dried citrus peel, alpine herbs, aniseed and wild herbs galore. Supple in texture yet huge freshness and sense of energy, very light, low key bubbles but they’re there in an effervescent kind of way, almost a trill of tiny fizz over anything else. The palate staining persistence and continuing tickle of bubbles scintillating. A superb sparkling.”
96 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
“Big flavour energy. This is very complex. Very appealing. Nougat, marzipan, hint of truffle, halva. Apple crumble tart. Big oyster shell aftertaste. Slippery texture. Vanilla slice, ricotta sweet filling in a savoury salty crunchy shell. There’s that leesy complexity with fine detail and a hint of sweetness but it’s stepping into the savoury and salty zone overall. Wowza, so good.”
96 points, Kasia Sobiesiak, The Wine Front

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