Grape varieties:<\/strong> Xarel.lo, Macabeu and Parellada. Harvest:<\/strong> hand gathered to select the best grapes between September and October when each variety is at its peak of maturation. The base wine blending:<\/strong> Xarel.lo 50, Macabeu 25%, Parellada 25%. Appearance:<\/strong> presents a pale yellow coloured cava with fine and persistent bubbles. Ramon Canals The Canals Canals family elaborated this cava with a rigorous selection of the traditional grape varieties from Penede\u0300s region Xarel.lo, Macabeu and Parellada come from older vines over 40 year old, following the Traditional Method, secondary fermentation of wines in the bottle and aged on lees for over 48 months in our cellars. Cava bottled only from excellent vintages. Ramon Canals is an \u201cOrganic transition wine\u201d.<\/p>\n
\nRegion:<\/strong> D.O. Cava.
\nSub region:<\/strong> Upper Penede\u0300s (Parellada) and Central Penedes (Xarel.lo and Macabeu).
\nAltitude of the vineyards:<\/strong> 110m (Xarel.lo), 250m (Macabeu) and 315m (Parellada).
\nClimate:<\/strong> mild Mediterranean.
\nAnnual rainfall:<\/strong> an average of 475 litres per square metre.
\nSoil:<\/strong> clay and calcareous.<\/p>\n1st FERMENTATION: must to base wine<\/h3>\n
\nPressing and must fermentation:<\/strong> pneumatic press. Musts selection, only the best juices will be for the Ramon Canals Gran Reserva Limitada Vintage 2012 elaboration. Each variety of grapes fermented separately at a constant temperature of 16oC in stainless steel tanks.<\/p>\n2nd FERMENTATION: base wine to cava Reserva<\/h3>\n
\nBottling period:<\/strong> January 2016.
\nFermentation temperature:<\/strong> 15-18 oC.
\nAgeing period:<\/strong> for more than 48 months on lees. Vintage dated each year. Recently disgorged. Sugar added: 0 g\/L Brut.<\/p>\nTASTING NOTES<\/h3>\n
\nAroma:<\/strong> fully developed aromas on the nose and intense aroma with ripe fruit, stewed apple and toasty and nutty flavours of ageing.
\nPalate:<\/strong> fresh with fine texture and an elegant balancing acidity, dry with a pure, harmonious and long aftertaste. Gastronomy: recommended for rice, pasta, rice, white meat and fish dishes.
\nTips:<\/strong> served cold, between 6oC to 8oC, in tulip glass type, transparent, tall, thin and without decoration.<\/p>\n
\nOwner and oenologist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRAN RESERVA LIMITADA 2012 \u2022 BRUT NATURE<\/h3>\n