A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned how hard it is to find a low cost Rose cava.  This wine would have to be the benchmark for rosado cava in Australia and at $45 you couldn't call it low cost. How ever it is bloody good and well worth the outlay. I compared my note from this bottle to what I wrote about the 2004 and its amazingly similar. 

An unleaded petrol colour.  Lots of typical cava notes, toast and yeasty bread, with some red fruits: raspberry and strawberry.  As usual, very bubbly and creamy  Notes of raspberry, melon,  strawberry, aniseed and mandarin.  A bit of minerals on the finish, with some orange/madarin sherbet. Highly drinkable and would go really well with my mushroom, chive and goats cheese omelette. 91 Pts.

Source: The Spanish Acquisition Price: $45 Closure: Conventional Cork

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A striking pink colour with a vigorous beed.  The nose is very subtle: toasty, yeasty bread with slight melon, raspberry and strawberry notes.  There is a fair bit of bubble here, not too much.  Dry and savory.  The flavours in the mouth are intriguing and make you want drink more than your fair share: raspberry, melon, slight apricot, strawberry and mandarin.  I occasionally got a brief bit of aniseed as well.  The finish is long with a mandarin sherbet note.  Very impressive.  I was looking for a second bottle as I poured the second glass.   91 Pts.

Source: The Spanish Acquisition Price: $40 Closure: Conventional Cork

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