Cava
Agusti Torello Mata Brut Rosat 2004
Now this rose style cava is something else. ATM are apparently the only cava house that only make cava, the rest of them also make table wines. Its made from a grape that I have very little information on: Trepat. From what I can find it is a specialist rose cava variety. The grapes are handpicked from the estate's vineyards and the resulting wine spends 16 months on lees.
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
Web: www.agustitorellomata.com
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Mandarin is a good descriptor for some rose cava, including in some vintages of the Freixenet rose bubbles. The 2005 vintage of this is on the (web) wine list at Bar Lourinha in Melbourne. I’m not down there for work until June, but could be a good one to look for then.