The September 2021 Explorer Club takes us along the Mediterranean coast of Spain with two delectable wines to refresh and savor.

Featured Wines:

MERCAT CAVA BRUT NATURE, PENEDES, SPAIN

92 points Wine & Spirits - "From vines planted on clay and limestone around the village of Sant Sadurni d’Anoia, this is a classic blend of 50% Xarel-lo, 40% Macabeo, with Parellada making up the rest. It aged for 18 months on its lees and developed slight hints of flor, as if it were a bubbly interpretation of a Fino. It moves through the mouth in cool waves of flavor, the texture firm yet creamy. It’s a rich, layered sparkler to serve with suquet de peix, a classic Catalàn fish soup with clams."!

2018 SIERRA SALINAS "MO" ALICANTE MONASTRELL, SPAIN

Founded in 2000 by the Castaño family of Yecla. Since 2013, the philosophy of the Miñano and Gómez families has been to restore focus on the vineyards, by converting all of them to organic and dry farming. The temptation in such an arid climate as Alicante is to irrigate, but dry farming in this zone forces the root structures to grow deep and produces bunches with a tremendous natural balance of phenolic ripeness and healthy pH. They have also minimized the impact of new oak barrique in their wines, and at this price point, are creating a completely unique style of Monastrell from Alicante. Jorge Ordóñez Selections began to represent Bodega Sierra Salinas in the United States in July of 2018.

  • PENEDES, SPAIN
  • MERCAT CAVA
  • SIERRA SALINAS, ALICANTE
  • SIERRA SALINAS, ALICANTE

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