Bohigas Brut Reserva Cava

TAST­ING NOTES FROM THE CURATOR

This Cava presents a fine pale yel­low col­or with bub­bles that form a per­sis­tent crown. It is fresh, with scents of white fruits like apples and pears on a bed of cit­ric rind and white flow­ers. The aging process gives it a mild­ly sliced bou­quet with notes of cin­na­mon and baked bis­cuits. It is a struc­tured sparkling wine, with a well-bal­anced acid­i­ty from begin­ning to fin­ish. The bub­bles bring it a cer­tain creami­ness and vol­ume to the wine, extend­ing its aro­mas out­ward. Its bal­anced fin­ish har­mo­nizes that acid­i­ty with a slight hint of sug­ar on the tongue.

PAIR­INGS

Is a cel­e­bra­to­ry sparkling wine that can be drank on its own, or accom­pa­ny­ing a meal of seafood or light meat dish­es with acidic sauces. Because of the mild sweet­ness in this blend, it can be had with foods that have their own spice kick. If your aim is to serve this bub­bly with a cheese board, a selec­tion of goat cheeses will not steer you wrong, cou­ples with stronger-tast­ing soft cheeses like Gruyère, Col­by, and Har­vati. We love it with a bit of our Petit Lan­gres AOC by Fro­magerie Beill­e­vaire.

BOUN­TY FROM TWO ESTATES

Between the Can Macià Estate in Òde­na and the Can BatlleV­ell in Gel­i­da, Bohi­gas gets the best of the grapes avail­able in Barcelona. The longer-his­to­ried Can Macià pro­vid­ing most of the Cava-based wine grapes while the Can BatlleV­ell Estate pro­duces the grapes for their still-wine vari­eties, such as Caber­net Sauvi­gnon and Shiraz.

Storage Instructions

Fine sparkling wine must be han­dled with care. For short-term stor­age (a few days to a month), you can keep your bot­tle upright — but away from bright or arti­fi­cial light. For long-term stor­age, espe­cial­ly for vin­tage cuvées, you must store the bot­tles on their side in a wine rack or cel­lar to keep the cork from dry­ing out. The ide­al tem­per­a­ture for stor­age is between 7 to 10°C. Once opened, a bot­tle will be good for 1 to 3 days stand­ing upright in the refrigerator.

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