White Wine Cargol Treu Vi 2014
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Cargol Treu Vi 2014 is the third vintage of this white wine crafted by the team formed by Irene Alemany and Laurent Corrió, a couple based in Penedès that, in the last years, have been producing increasingly interesting, daring, radical wines.
This wine is a varietal Xarel·lo coming from a single vineyard more than 70 years old located in a very particular terroir in the Garraf Mountains. The soil is composed of marine fossils, a feature that gives the wine a remarkable freshness and a characteristic minerality.
Carefully harvested, the wine was fermented and aged on its lees in 300-litre French oak barrels.
You may be surprised to know, incidentally, that Spanish wine Cargol Treu Vi, an age-worthy white, got no less than 93 Parker points.
Appearance | Clean, bright, straw-yellow colour with steely tinges. |
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Nose | A nice perfume of white flowers, along with notes of white fruit, citrus, enticing hints of smoke and flintstone and some elegant mineral undertones. |
Palate | The Xarel.lo wine Cargol Treu Vi, by Alemany i Corrió, shows from the start a linear character and a tense acidity. On the palate, notes of apples, pears, medlar, smoke, dry flowers and vanilla combine with some salty touches and mineral remembrances. Long, salty finish. Very original. |
Our personal opinion | Cargol Treu Vi 2014 is an unconventional Mediterranean white that will improve substantially over the next three years. |
OTHER VINTAGES | Cargol Treu Vi 2013: Featured with 94 Parker points and 90 points in the Peñín Wine Guide
Cargol Treu Vi 2012: First vintage. 93 Parker points. |
Year | 2014 |
Type | White |
D.O. | Penedès |
Bottle size | 75 cl |
Serving tempurature | 9-11ºC |
Ageing | Barrel |
Type of ageing | Months in French oak barrels |
Enterwine's Score | 92 |
Media rating | 92 |
Mono-Varietal | Xarel·lo |
Pairings | Aged cheeses, Blue cheeses, bluefish, Cow´s cheese, Creams, Fish and gravey, Goat cheese, Grilled whitefish, Poultry, Rice with fish, Risotto, Sheep´s cheese, Soup and rice, White meat with gravy |
Taste | Complex and Elegant, Dry and aromatic, Silky and intense |
Occasion | A special occasion, Dinner with friends, Romantic Dinner, To bring to an engagement |