Mas del Serral

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From the Clos del Serral, a coplantation of Xarel-lo and Bastard Negre dating to 1954
Biodynamic viticulture and horse-plowing between rows
Manual harvest and manual, grape by grape selection
Aged for 100 months on the lees
No dosage

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Producer:

Mas del Serral

Vintage:

2013

Country:

Spain

Region:

Catalunya

Appellation:

Conca del Riu Anoia

Variety:

Xarel-lo

Color:

White

Sizes Available

Full Bottle

ES-SER-40-13

6/750ml

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Press & Reviews

Wine Advocate

Score

Date

2024-05-16

"The sparkling white 2013 Mas del Serral was produced with the field blend of Xarel.lo and Bastard Negre from the Mas del Serral vineyard, 1.92 hectares, that was planted between 1950 and 1954. The wine has 12.5% alcohol, with a pH of 2.91 and 7.1 grams of acidity, bone dry (1.1 grams of sugar) as a Brut Nature. It fermented in concrete egg, where it matured with lees for nine months. It was put to referment with Champagne yeasts in bottle, where it matured for 100 months. It has a complex nose of gunpowder and dry fish, iron and iodine, characterful, different, with a strong personality. It's a great white wine that happens to have bubbles. It has the elegance of the sandy soils. It's velvety, with abundant, fine bubbles and bright acidity; and 2013 was a cooler and wetter year with a mild August, so the grapes were healthy and ripened slowly and thoroughly. 2,425 bottles and 400 magnums were produced. It was disgorged in February 2024."

REVIEWS FROM PAST VINTAGES

Wine Advocate

Score

Date

2022-10-12

Tim Atkin, MW

Score

Date

2024-02-28

"Old-vine Xarel-lo (with a touch of Bastard Negre) from the Serral hill, vinified in concreteegg. The 2012 shows terrific aromatic range, open and expressive with preserved orange peel,dry spices, fennel seeds and chestnut honey. The dried, briny pear and apple fruit is tiltedtowards a slightly more oxidative angle than the 2011, instantly open and expressive yetpulled tight with salty, stony lemon and toast. Intensity without power or weight here †it's the very best of what Xarel-lo can do."

Wine Advocate

Score

Date

2022-09-30

"The extremely young and undeveloped 2012 Mas del Serral was produced with a field blend of Xarel.lo and Bastard Negre (Graciano) from the oldest vineyard on the family property (planted between 1950 and 1954). The wine has 12.5% alcohol and very low pH (2.96) and is incredibly subtle and delicate with inner strength and energy. It has incipient notes of fennel and aniseed, energetic and very much alive but in need of more time to unfurl more layers of aromas and gain weight in bottle. 2012 was a dry year, and the wine has a dry and stony palate. It also has high acidity through concentration of the juice and is mineral and austere, with no heat or fat. 2,440 bottles produced. This ages in bottle for at least 100 months."

Tim Atkin, MW

Score

Date

2024-02-28

".Old-vine Xarel-lo (with a touch of Bastard Negre) from the Serral hill, vinified in concreteegg. The 2012 shows terrific aromatic range, open and expressive with preserved orange peel,dry spices, fennel seeds and chestnut honey. The dried, briny pear and apple fruit is tiltedtowards a slightly more oxidative angle than the 2011, instantly open and expressive yetpulled tight with salty, stony lemon and toast. Intensity without power or weight here †it's the very best of what Xarel-lo can do."

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