Corpinnat Terrers Brut Nature - Xarel.lo, Macabeu & co (21)

76% Xarel.lo, 16% Macabeu, 8% Parellada | minimaal 52 maanden sur latte gerijpt | geen dosage | verfijnd en rijp | krijt | citrus | beetje rokerig | elegant | royaal | zout | licht umami | fijne mousse | blijft een fantastisch aperitief en heel goed inzetbaar bij gerechten met zilte componenten

Recaredo

Een wijnhuis gespecialiseerd in Corpinnat (voorheen cava) en wat doen ze dit goed. De derde, vierde en vijfde generatie staan nu aan het roer en er is weinig veranderd aan de arbeidsintensieve manier van wijn maken. Ze hebben alle vijftig hectare omgezet naar biodynamische wijnbouw. De wijnen worden na botteling tussen de 30 en 120 maanden gerijpt in de kelders, elke 14 maanden worden de flessen geschud voor de smaakontwikkeling en de flessen worden met de hand gedegorgeerd zonder het bevriezen van de hals. Een aperitief of maaltijdbegeleider van hoge kwaliteit van mediterrane druivenrassen met een bijzonder verhaal.

Review

The 2021 Terrers was disgorged 48 months after the harvest, compared with the 2020 disgorged after 57 months. The wine shows the superiority of the 2021 vintage with a lot more freshness and depth, younger but at the same with more nuance and detail. It was produced with a more normal blend of 76% Xarel.lo, 16% Macabeu and 8% Parellada. It has an elegant and fresh profile, with fine bubbles. It's an incredible introduction to the Recaredo range. Bravo! The bottle I tasted had been disgorged in March 2026. 164,712 bottles produced. 94+/100 Luis Gutiérrez

Recaredo, one of the wineries leading the group of quality producers of sparkling wine from Penedès, Corpinnat, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2024. They are one of the most serious projects in Spain. They only work with grapes from their own vineyards that have been certified organic and biodynamic for a long time, 90 hectares of family vineyards, with planting aimed at producing 280,000 bottles of sparkling wine and with a margin to sort, select and discard in challenging years.

They only produce single-harvest brut nature wines aged with lees in bottle for 40 months, except for the rosé. They plan to increase that aging to no less than 50 months. So, at one point, they will have to be one year without selling any wine...

After the catastrophic yields of 2024—just 14.7 hectoliters per hectare, coming down from 2022 and 2023—they went up again to a more normal 33.4 hectoliters per hectare.

They continue to be audited by Bureau Veritas for the following points: 
• 100% own vineyards in the Corpinnat region,
• 100% dry-farming organic and biodynamic viticulture,
• 100% indigenous grape varieties, Xarel.lo and Macabeu,
• 100% hand-harvested,
• 100% vinification on the property,
• 100% yeasts from their own vineyards for the first and second fermentations,
• 100% second fermentation in the bottle with must,
• 100% aging for a minimum of 30 months,
• 100% aging with a natural cork stopper,
• 100% manual rinsing on a wine rack, and
• 100% hand-disgorged without freezing.

They only produce single-harvest brut nature wines and are going to increase the minimum time with lees in bottle to 40 months. So, at one point, they have to be one year without selling any wine... 

The yields in the last few years have diminished tremendously, from 42 hectoliters per hectare in 2019 to 26 in 2021 and 2022, 23 in 2023 and only 14.7 in 2024.