Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Salad assortment, Fish Rice Dishes, Meat Rice Dishes, White Fish
Style
Occasions
Appellation
Alcohol
12.0%
Description
Since its origins, the Gramona family has been synonymous with patience, precision and an unwavering faith in the potential of the Penedès region to produce world-class sparkling wines. In the 1950s, when the market still prioritised young, festive cavas, Jaume Gramona and his uncle Bartomeu Batlle made a decision that seemed like an act of folly: to age a sparkling wine for more than five years on its lees. Thus Gramona III Lustros was born, a declaration of principles, a commitment to the elegance that only time can bestow.
Gramona III Lustros is made mainly from Xarel.lo, with a small proportion of Macabeo, from old vines grown organically and biodynamically in clay-limestone soils on the slopes of Montserrat. This environment, with its Mediterranean climate and continental influence, provides the necessary ripeness without losing freshness, and the respectful work in the vineyard -without herbicides or pesticides- results in a pure and honest expression of the terroir. The vineyard is observed, not intervened; it is accompanied.
Winemaking
The winemaking process for Gramona III Lustros is almost monastic in its rigour. After a manual harvest with selection in the vineyard and on the table, the grapes are gently pressed and the must is fermented at a low temperature in stainless steel tanks to preserve the finesse and natural tension of the Xarel.lo. But the real magic begins later: the wine rests for more than 80 months (yes, almost 7 years) on its lees in the Gramona underground cellars. During this time, unhurriedly, the wine gains complexity, texture and a creaminess that defies expectations of what a sparkling wine can be. The disgorging is done manually and without the addition of expedition liqueur, resulting in a Brut Nature that speaks with its own voice, without make-up, without concessions.
Taste
The first contact with Gramona III Lustros is almost silent, like a wine that knows what it is worth and does not need to show off. The perlage is very fine, almost ethereal, and unfolds on the palate with a caressing texture, reminiscent of raw silk. On the nose, time has left its mark with notes of toasted bread, raw almond, beeswax and a whisper of candied lemon peel, all enveloped in a saline, almost marine patina that evokes wet chalk and bare rock.
On the palate it is linear, serious, with a perfectly integrated acidity that does not seek prominence but supports the whole skeleton of the wine. The Xarel.lo returns with its usual verticality, contributing notes of white grapefruit, baked apple, fennel and a background of dried chamomile. The finish is long, saline, elegant, with an aftertaste that goes on and on for minutes.
Shipping to Hong Kong
Estimated transit time: 3 working days.
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