Mas Codina, Penedès Xarel.lo 2021 sweet

Mas Codina, Penedès Xarel.lo 2021 sweetToni Garriga makes only a couple of thousand bottles of this delicious white wine from the Costers de Lavern sub region of the Peneds appellation. All the fruit is grown on the Mas Codina estate, and the exhilarating, zippy freshness of Xarello is given a new dimension by fermentation and ageing in French and Hungarian oak barrels. (Though Xarello is native to Peneds, and the use of oak in winemaking has a long history, the grapes are gently pressed

It's racy and confident but also complex with a spiced cedar

this year has indeed required constant investment from our teams in the vineyard

mid-weight palate and a subtle

the crushed grapes are cold fermented for 24 hours in contact with the skins

May 2021 ‘The deep

It's hard to go wrong with this versatile label

Our crisp full colour labels are printed on high-quality splash- and scratch-resistant paper

The complexity of the wine increases

"The older they are

gently spicy pear and almond character

Jean-Francois has the privilege of working with some of the best-situated vines in the Bouzy sub-region

with refreshing minerality and supple tannins that envelop an intense