Mas Gomà - La Planta, Brut Nature, Spain (NV)

TASTING NOTES

Precise, elegant and a total joy to drink. Lovely fresh stone fruit and citrus notes and faint honeysuckle. Extended lees aging imparts a wonderful Champagne-like brioche note and long finish.

The Mas Gomà estate has been in the Vendrell family since 1918, and the limestone-rich soils allow for a pristine minerality that makes for seriously age-worthy cavas. The 'La Planta' is made from 45% xarel-lo, 45% macabeu, and 10% parellada, which  are the first grapes the Vendrells harvest each year; the blend then spends a minimum of 24 months on the lees before being disgorged. 

The Mas Gomà estate is located in Les Cabanyes, in the heart of the Penedès. The 22 hectare farm has been in the Vendrell family since 1918, but the new era started in 2009 when Joan Vendrell Jr, who handles the business side of things, and Joan Manel Vendrell Sr, who has 30 years of winemaking experience took control. The wines benefit from the high quality calcareous soils and old vines (60+ years) which provide low yields. 

Mas Gomà only uses the oldest vines to make their estate wine--they sell the younger grapes to other producers in the area. In the cellar, everything is fermented with native yeasts, little to no sulphur and bottled unfined and unfiltered.