Cal Cols 'Rosat' 2022

Cal Cols 'Rosat' 2022Cal Cols is made by a couple in the Penedes who were marching to the beat of their own drum before the natural wine movement came along. Surrounded by commercial Cava producers, they have about 7 hectares under vine and make a living selling their organic fruit, almonds, and produce at local farmers markets. Their Rosat is made from 100% Merlot, planted in the 1990s when that was the trend. Merlot typically comes with a lot of baggage but this one

Vidal blanc

not an obscure grape but a fabulously delicious one

Palomino Fino

This is one of the more interesting and complex Love Whites yet

Ivan's version has a remarkable harmony of elements: plump fruit

It's the most commonly planted grape in the Azores

have taken advantage of this local gem to produce Bizi Goxo(“sour and “sweet”)

filigreed expressions of the soils around the Neusiedlersee

with zero sulfur— and what a slamming way to meet Gros Manseng and Petit Manseng if you never have

Where Claire’s other wines may require cellaring

producing vibrant

Tanuki Ciders) was born