Vintage Cellar Tasting - Dibon Cava

 

• Name: Dibon Cava Brut Reserve
• Variety: Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada
• Region: Penedes
• Country: Spain
• Year: No Vintage
• Price: $9.95
• Shop Review: 45% Macabeo, 25% Xarel-lo, 30% Parellada.  Light gold with plenty of bubbles, this wine has aromas of apples and pears with pleasant floral notes.  Crisp and light-bodied on the palate, stone fruit flavors are accompanied by a mild minerality and balanced acidity.  A delicious sparkler for a great price!
• My Review: To begin, obviously this is a bubbly wine, thus the reason we tasted it first.  It was a nice subtle bubble in the glass, not too crazy.  The smell was sweet and light, with that of apples and peaches.  On the palate this wine had a very earthy kind of taste, and it was very dry.  It had a light bitter aftertaste which I didn't mind, it gave a different flavor than I have had before and I enjoyed it.  I purchased this wine, which is the first time I didn't buy the cheapest wine tasted, ironically, this is actually the most expensive wine we tasted, what a jump!
• We did not have food with this wine.