Description

Turó d'en Mota de Recaredo it represents the elegance of simplicity: a single vineyard, a single variety, a vintage and a very limited production.

It is a terroir wine in the broadest sense, that is to say, the expression of a space of very calcareous land with a Mediterranean microclimate, the Xarel•lo variety and viticulture based on observation rather than intervention.

A long and careful aging of a minimum of 120 months in contact with the lees achieves the most subtle and complex nuances of the expression of time.

Board Characteristics

Store: Own vineyards, in Sant Sadurní de Noia (Barcelona), carry out manual harvesting.
Corpinnat
Add: 2008
Grade: Present in several = 12,5%
Variety: 100% Xarel lo

Tasting note: Straw yellow, very bright and clean. Very fine bubble forming a large crown.
Nose: Its great intensity, its expressiveness, its complexity after such a long aging is surprising. Very fresh, with a large amount of ripe fruit, especially citrus, mixed with soft toasted and delicate nuts. Subtle mineral background. A seductive cava.
Taste: A cava that fills the mouth with expressiveness, intensity and elegance. Very fine, with a long dry mid palate, full of nuances and very fresh. Perfectly integrated carbon. Full harmony, alive, very nice. Extraordinarily long with a great toasted aftertaste. One of the most elegant that we can find today.

Operating temperature: 8-10ºC

Preparation: Planted in 1940, with an area of 0,97 hectares and conducted in a glass, the Cerro de en Mota vineyard is owned by Recaredo and is located in the northwestern corner of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Alt Penedès (Barcelona), on the slopes north of a hill called Turó d´en Mota, from which it takes its name. The soil is extremely calcareous, with a loamy texture (balance of sand, silt and clay) and with the presence of calcareous nodules. Long aging of a minimum of 120 months with natural cork stopper. Manual clarification in "Degüelle" desks by hand without freezing the neck of the bottle.Vinified, elaborated and raised in Recaredo.

Pairing: En Made in Spain Gourmet We recommend it only, with grilled seafood, oysters, caviar, foie mi-cuit, raw seafood, rice dishes and salt fish. Why not also with acorn-fed ham.

2008

TURÓ D'EN MOTA

La vintage 2008 from Turó d'en Mota is the result of a harvest marked by contrasts: after a moderately dry and warm autumn and winter, the rainfall of the spring months sets the pace in the vineyard. The rigorous efforts of a whole year materialize in healthy bunches, of great expressiveness and extraordinary acidity, ideal for a careful and long aging in the bottle for more than twelve years.

harmonious and delicate, Turo d'en Mota 2008 reveals the most authentic essence of the Mediterranean, with low yields and high quality fruits. A vibrant vintage with a unique personality that blends with the purest and most subtle nuances of the passage of time.

TURÓ D'EN MOTA, AMONG THE 25 ICONIC WINES OF THE LAST CENTURY

Turo d'en Mota y Recaredo Private Reserve are part of the selection of iconic wines from the Revue du Vin de France to understand the history of wine in Spain

The magazine Review of the Wine of France has included Turo d'en Mota y Recaredo Private Reserve between the 25 reference wines from Spain from the last two centuries of history. Both wines have been described as essential sparkling wines to understand the 1960s and 2000s, respectively, in an article that offers a tour of the iconic wines that have marked an era. References such as Gran Reserva Único (Vega Sicilia), L'Ermita (Álvaro Palacios), Clos Mogador, Viña El Pisón (Artadi) or Pingus, among others, have been selected for having forged the history of wine and a projection of quality based on talent and the patrimonial and cultural value of wine in Spain.

The French publication –one of the most relevant wine prescribers in Europe– also highlights Recaredo's role as a pioneer in the Penedès region in the production of 'cru' sparkling wines, that is, from unique terroir vineyards . The piece highlights the figure of Recaredo as one of the most avant-garde winemakers in Penedès, emphasizing the winery's commitment to preserve the authenticity and wine-growing identity of the Corpinnat territory through its wines. “Recaredo shows us the path towards a modernity that supposes a return to the land and the plant”, affirm

TURÓ D'EN MOTA AND RESERVA PARTICULAR, ICONIC WINES BY THE REVUE

As an example, critics select Recaredo's Turó d'en Mota 2004 and classify it as a sparkling wine that reinvented the concept of 'cru' in Catalonia. “Turó d'en Mota reinvented – or invented – the notion of 'cru' among Catalan sparkling wines; a concept that, until the creation of this wine, was alien among the effervescents of the region”, stand out.

Regarding Recaredo 2008 Reserva Particular, the publication describes it as one of the most original sparkling wines of the time, as it is a cutting-edge wine for long aging. "Reserva Particular represents the traditional base of the winery and is an indisputable testimony of Recaredo's will to carry out long aging, an innovative style in the 1960s", highlight the post. According to Ferran Junoy, director of Recaredo, this article "is a recognition of our work as viticulturists and producers specialized in long aging but, above all, it is a recognition of the extraordinary potential for producing terroir sparkling wines in the Penedès".

Additional Information

Weight :	1,9 kg
do	Corpinnat

Information about Recaredo

At Recaredo they maintain a firm commitment: to elaborate terroir wines capable of showing the landscapes of the Alt Penedès in the most honest and transparent way possible.

They exclusively make vintage Brut Nature marked by the imprint of long aging. Our sparkling wines have forged a genuinely unique style defined by elegance and subtlety.

From the vineyard, through the winery and the cellar, all the processes in Recaredo are audited and certified by the independent organization Bureau Veritas; reaffirming our unique vocation in the world as winegrowers and processors.

Recaredo sparkling wines are essentially gastronomic, with a style defined by elegance and subtlety that has captivated the most demanding food and wine critics: from The New York Times, through the prestigious La Revue by Vin de France, the Le Monde newspaper or the influential American magazines Forbes or Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate.

The Recaredo family works only with their own dry-land vineyards with a strong commitment to preserving biodiversity and balance in the ecosystem that has led them to be pioneers in biodynamic certification, a step beyond ecology.

Another of its principles is to work with long aging and in Brut Nature, that is, without any type of dossage or added sugar in the bottling. A style of wine quality sparkling wine made by traditional method.

Recaredo works since 2014 only with historical varieties from the Penedès.

A great wine is the reflection of the land that has seen it born. For this reason, they practice rainfed agriculture following the criteria of biodynamics and cultivating the vineyards without herbicides or insecticides, only with elements of natural origin.

Biodynamic agriculture is a cultivation system that prioritizes the balance of the ecosystem and biodiversity in the vineyard.

Biodynamics, from an essentially biological point of view, offers us the possibility of elaborating highly expressive sparkling wines, with a great breeding capacity and, above all, respectful of the landscape from which they originate.

Recaredo was the first winemaker in the Penedès wine region to obtain the Demeter international certificate for biodynamic viticulture.