How tough it is to get people to taste something they have never heard of and can't find almost any reliable information in English from the web. A couple of weeks ago I participated to a Recaredo portfolio tasting where there was just one handful of people.
What a producer. Not your average cava! The cavas were reductive and oaked like Bollinger or Krug but as stylish as them. Apparently, they age their bottles with natural cork stopper. The oldest cava tasted was from the '99. The single vineyard Turó d'en Mota of just 0,97ha. It was just extraordinaire quality.
Today, they try to do everything manually and respecting the biodiversity. They produce xarel.lo based brut nature cava with remuage and degorgement à la volée with an official organic approach to their viticulture. However they are still experimenting with yeast. Currently relying mostly to commercial but working towards to their own culture.
Recaredo is doing to cava what I like about my favorite grower-champagnes. I can know from which vineyard(s) the bottle comes from and can further find information about the climate and soil characteristics. This is what I miss in Champagne in general. Luckily there are many excellent and promising producers in Champagne. Recaredo is now excellent but with a promising future ahead. I hope to be able to follow their journey.
Writing this I have developed a thirst for champagne so I guess I'll be celebrating the 1st of May with some recently acquired Tarlant.
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