Mas Goma ‘La Planta’ Brut Nature Blanco NV

$32.00

Location: Spain, Catalunya

Winemaker: Joan & Joan Manel Vendrell

Grapes: 45% Xarello, 45% Macabeu, 10% Parellada

Soil: limestone, clay

Winemaking: Organic farming. Hand harvest. Wild yeast fermentation. Minimum 24 months on the lees before disgorgement.

From the Importer Selection Massale: ‘La Planta’ is made from the first grapes harvested each year. As serious as any entry-level cava that we've ever tasted.

The Mas Gomà estate consists of a main farmhouse, founded in 1724, and a small and charming Romanesque church called Sant Valentí, built in 1135. The estate is located in Les Cabanyes, in the heart of the Penedès, a historic and traditional area of the viticulture. The property has been owned by the Vendrell family since 1918 and has been growing grapes and producing wine on and off since then. The new era started in 2009 when Joan Vendrell (the son), who handles the business side of things, and Joan Manel Vendrell (the father), who has 30 years of winemaking experience took control.

According to the two Joans, the estate has unique characteristics to be able to make long-aged cavas due to the high calcareous component of its terroirs, its orientation and the old vineyards - over 60 years old - which provide high quality grapes with low yields. Only the oldest vines are used to make wine on the estate, and they currently sell grapes from younger vines to other producers in the area. In the cellar everything is fermented with native yeasts, little to no sulfur is added depending on the cuvée, and everything is unfined and unfiltered.

From us at M&L: One of the things we love about so many of our growers is that they smash together centuries of tradition and cunning innovation that can approach the sense of a true avant-garde.

Joan (son) & Joan Manel (father) Vendrell are producing, without question, some of the most enticing, elegant, *affordable* sparkling wine, anywhere - Cava county and beyond. Shining, pure bottlings that range from the deep, golden cavas of a forgotten age, to playful, enchanting pet nats that deserve a place at nearly any dinner table, cocktail hour or sunset hang.

According to the two Joans, the estate has unique characteristics to be able to make long-aged cavas due to the high calcareous component of its terroirs, its orientation and the old vineyards - over 60 years old - which provide high quality grapes with low yields. Only the oldest vines are used to make wine on the estate, and they currently sell grapes from younger vines to other producers in the area.

Location: Spain, Catalunya

Winemaker: Joan & Joan Manel Vendrell

Grapes: 45% Xarello, 45% Macabeu, 10% Parellada

Soil: limestone, clay

Winemaking: Organic farming. Hand harvest. Wild yeast fermentation. Minimum 24 months on the lees before disgorgement.

From the Importer Selection Massale: ‘La Planta’ is made from the first grapes harvested each year. As serious as any entry-level cava that we've ever tasted.

The Mas Gomà estate consists of a main farmhouse, founded in 1724, and a small and charming Romanesque church called Sant Valentí, built in 1135. The estate is located in Les Cabanyes, in the heart of the Penedès, a historic and traditional area of the viticulture. The property has been owned by the Vendrell family since 1918 and has been growing grapes and producing wine on and off since then. The new era started in 2009 when Joan Vendrell (the son), who handles the business side of things, and Joan Manel Vendrell (the father), who has 30 years of winemaking experience took control.

According to the two Joans, the estate has unique characteristics to be able to make long-aged cavas due to the high calcareous component of its terroirs, its orientation and the old vineyards - over 60 years old - which provide high quality grapes with low yields. Only the oldest vines are used to make wine on the estate, and they currently sell grapes from younger vines to other producers in the area. In the cellar everything is fermented with native yeasts, little to no sulfur is added depending on the cuvée, and everything is unfined and unfiltered.

From us at M&L: One of the things we love about so many of our growers is that they smash together centuries of tradition and cunning innovation that can approach the sense of a true avant-garde.

Joan (son) & Joan Manel (father) Vendrell are producing, without question, some of the most enticing, elegant, *affordable* sparkling wine, anywhere - Cava county and beyond. Shining, pure bottlings that range from the deep, golden cavas of a forgotten age, to playful, enchanting pet nats that deserve a place at nearly any dinner table, cocktail hour or sunset hang.

According to the two Joans, the estate has unique characteristics to be able to make long-aged cavas due to the high calcareous component of its terroirs, its orientation and the old vineyards - over 60 years old - which provide high quality grapes with low yields. Only the oldest vines are used to make wine on the estate, and they currently sell grapes from younger vines to other producers in the area.