Llopart Cava Brut Nature Leopardi Gran Reserva 2017 750ml

The 2017 Brut Nature Leopardi is a blend of 45% Macabeo, 40% Xarello and 15% Parellada trom Penedès. Aged for 66 months on the lees and disgorged in March 2024, this sparkling wine offers aromas of thyme and lime, with oxidative green apple tones set against a bakery layer. Dry and refreshing, the ethereal, crunchy palate drives through a yeasty, saline finish. This is a well-crafted, savory Corpinnat.

• Country: Spain
• Region: Cataluna
• Appellation: Cava
• Size: 750ml

Varietal

Champagne Blend

The sparkling wines of Champagne have been revered by wine drinkers for hundreds of years, and even today they maintain their reputation for excellence of flavor and character, and are consistently associated with quality, decadence, and a cause for celebration. Their unique characteristics are partly due to the careful blending of a small number of selected grape varietals, most commonly Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. These grapes, blended in fairly equal quantities, give the wines of Champagne their wonderful flavors and aromas, with the Pinot Noir offering length and backbone, and the Chardonnay varietal giving its acidity and dry, biscuity nature. It isn’t unusual to sometimes see Champagne labeled as ‘blanc de blanc’, meaning it is made using only Chardonnay varietal grapes, or ‘blanc de noir’, which is made solely with Pinot Noir.