Corpinnat Imperial

Gramona
Spain
Catalonia
2018

The largest production of sparkling wine at Gramona; a blend of 50% Xarel.lo, 30% Macabeu, 15% Chardonnay, and 5% Parellada. Aged 60 months sur lattes and finished with an 8 g/L dosage from an ancient solera maintained at the property.

93 points
"The 2018 Brut Imperial, from a cooler and wetter year, was produced with 56% Xarel.lo, 30% Macabeo, 10% Parellada and 4% Chardonnay from purchased biodynamic grapes that matured in bottle for 64 months. It was adjusted to six grams of sugar (lower). It was a cooler year with more rain (some mildew) and fresher and younger wines. It has a fine-boned palate, with some residual sugar. The first vintage of Imperial certified by Demeter was 2016. 600,000 bottles produced."
Luis Gutiérrez,
Wine Advocate
May 16, 2024
93 points
"Imperial has long been Gramona's banner wine, hardly entry-level but always showing fine quality beneath the celebrated bottlings that sit above it. 50% Xarel-lo, 30% Macabeo, 10% Parellada and 10% Chardonnay offer a hugely vivid, inviting nose of super ripe, juicy grapefruit and roasted almond, with some apricots and brown pastry, all framed with abeautifully charry reductive tilt. What strikes most, here, is the silky delivery on the palate, polished smooth with subtle citric bitterness and cushioned mousse. Exemplary. 2025-2027"
Tim Atkin ,
Tim Atkin
Special Cataluyna Report

SKU/Code: 
DB3605-18
Product Line: 
Wine
Sparkling
Varietal: 
Xarel-lo
Farming Type: 
Organic
Tech Sheet: 
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