2020 AT Roca Classic Penedès "Rosat Reserva" Rosé, Catalunya, SpainABOUT THIS WINE This vintage dated, sparkling ros is made from equal parts Macabeu and Garnatxa. The Garnatxa is gently macerated with its skins for 9 12 hours, giving the wine a very pale pink hue. The Macabeu for this wine comes from the Masss del Garraf subzone, grown in calcareous gravel soils at 320 420m elevation, whereas the Garnatxa comes from a lower area in Conca de lAnoia where the soil is more clay calcareous. Primary fermentation is in

where extreme temperature shifts between day and night help preserve acidity while allowing for full phenolic ripeness

both qualitatively and quantitatively

only eight acres survived

No reserve solera wine is used here to alter either the expression of the vineyard or correct for a “house-style”

Sauzet’s traditions of estate-bottling and of aging the wines on their lees for 10-12 months to “nourish them” are still respected and result in superbly finished

95% Tempranillo

with some cabernet planted about 20 years ago

5 months in neutral French oak barrels

destemming grapes 100%

Mostly destemmed

100% País hand-harvested from 200+ year-old vines grown on alluvial soils at gentle

and they met working in California