Oriol Rossell Cava Brut Rosé 2024
Oriol Rossell Cava Brut Rosé 2024
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Oriol Rossell Cava Brut Rosé 2024

Oriol Rossell
$22.00

Grape: Pinot Noir, Garnacha
Vintage: 2024
Type: Sparkling

This sparkling rosé is a vintage Cava from 2 small plots on Oriol Rossell's Cal Cassanyes estate in the Penedès, Vinya El Pou 1 and 2, together just 1.5 hectares. It is made from pinot noir and garnatxa negra and ages on its lees until disgorgement in January 2026. Pinot noir brings the finesse and garnatxa the red-fruited warmth.

It pours a pale salmon-pink with a fine bead, opening with wild strawberry, raspberry, and pink grapefruit. On the palate, the light-bodied frame balances fresh red fruit with a soft, creamy mousse. A floral, chalky note sits underneath. Lively acidity keeps it bright and quenching. It finishes dry, crisp, and clean.

Winery

The Rossell family's papers name a winemaker heir in the Penedès as early as 1497, and the family still lives at Cal Cassanyes, the house built near Sant Marçal in 1638. The modernist cellar where the cavas are made today went up in 1908, after the vineyards recovered from phylloxera. Oriol Rossell i Almirall bottled the first sparkling wines under his initials in 1979, and the estate's vines, all certified organic and farmed with biodynamic methods, grow on chalky, sandy soils around the house. Xarel·lo, grown here from vines more than 50 years old, is the estate's signature grape.