2013 Mestres Clos Damiana Gran Reserva

The 2013 Clos Damiana is a blend of 60% Xarello, 20% Macabeo, and 20% Parellada, fermented and aged in chestnut barriques for one year before being aged in the bottle for 120 months (10 years) without dosage, making this a truly authentic Brut Nature Gran Reserva. The grapes come from vineyards with a selection of the oldest vines (over 70 years old) and are produced only in the best vintages. It was a magnificent year, remarkable for the balance of the grapes, ideal for elaborate, long-aged Cavas. A year characterized by finesse and freshness, with good acidity.

In the glass, the Clos Damiana has a clear golden color with practically no color evolution (surprising due to the long aging) and a constant release of very integrated small bubbles. On the nose, notes of baked apple flow, as well as ripe stone fruit (peach and apricot). Creaminess, roundness, and very good balance, with interesting acidity and a hint of minerals and infused aromatic herbs (chamomile). Harmonious, with a sweet sensation, except for a final touch of raw almond. The taste is crisp and complex, with very small bubbles, complex flavors, and a dry, long, and tasty finish. This is an exceptional Cava that has been aged for a long time and shows very positive evolution in the bottle. Only 3,870 bottles have been produced. A very gastronomic Cava. A delicious Cava that could easily sit in the cellar for another decade, but why would you do that? We are up for the challenge. Just put this Mestres Mas Via Gran Reserva next to a Dom Perignon and have it tasted blind.

For this Clos Damiana 2013, too, two corks are used for each bottle to produce the Cava. The base wine is fermented and aged in chestnut barriques on its lees for 12 months. The second fermentation in the bottle is completed in contact with the first 100% natural cork, in a horizontal position for 140 months in the traditional bottle, again on its lees. After disgorgement (the manual process of removing the dead yeast cells), the second cork and the accompanying plaque are placed in the bottle.

FUN FACT: Mestres has always printed the disgorgement date on the label, and Mestres is one of the few houses that opts for the traditional aging method and is the godfather of "Long Aged Cava". Under the Appendix tab, you can find an article by Jancis Robinson singing the praises of these amazing Cavas, which have reached a level that most top Champagne houses cannot match. In the Penedes report by the Wine Advocate from late September 2022, LUIS GUTIÉRREZ writes: " ....To me, Mestres is the top quality producer in Cava, and they are somehow specializing in long aging and larger format bottles (magnums and larger). They are aiming at a segment of the market that has been neglected by the appellation: they look for drinkers of high-quality Champagne rather than trying to compete with Prosecco. To me, they are the best Cava producer today, with a great balance between acidity, oxidation, and bubbles."

FUN FACT: In the 'Attachments' tab, you will find the official factsheet for this fine wine. We will automatically send this to you upon ordering this wine. The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you come to collect the wine, you will often receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you select 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht, almost next to the A16, with ample parking. Click here for our address.

ABOUT MERCHANT

The MESTRES family has been documented in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia since 1312 as owners of vineyards and also as traders of grains and wines. The family has been connected to the wine world for 29 generations. At the time, the date of 1312 was taken as the year of the establishment of the MESTRES vineyards. During Christmas 1928, the first bottle of Cava MESTRES was released, produced by Josep Mestres Manobens using grapes from the 1925 vintage. From this date, the family specialized in the production of sparkling wines with very long aging, made in the Champagne style, namely the traditional method. Since then, they have focused exclusively on high quality, and MESTRES has grown into a reference and benchmark for top Cavas. Josep Mestres Manobens is the one who started by using a high-quality base wine to create a Cava using a 'champagne' (méthode 'champenoise') without the addition of a sugar liquid (this is used for extra fermentation by most houses), which he named "Visol" (WINE ON ITS OWN). At Mestres, they work only with wine and no additives. This is how the first Brut Nature was born and has been registered with the Patent and Trademark Office since 1948. Mestres are therefore the parents of Brut Nature. Today, the 29th generation of the MESTRES family follows the path of their predecessors and maintains that restless and enterprising spirit that characterized the MESTRES family, a winery with seven centuries of history. Throughout all those years, we have been able to follow the tradition and respect a philosophy of unique execution, bringing the name MESTRES and the word CAVA to excellence. Mestres is the living history of Cava. Today, the Cavas of MESTRES receives very high ratings, every single one of them. One hundred percent of the sparkling wines from Mestres are aged in the bottle under cork. Mestres is a very traditional Cava producer and is compared in style to the "López de Heredia & Tondonia" of Cavas. MESTRES always prints the disgorgement date on the label.