Cisteller Gris Xarel.lo Vermell 2024
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$64.00
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Singapore 423619
Singapore
Cisteller Gris Xarel·lo Vermell 2024
The pink-skinned mutation of Xarel·lo, pressed and left alone in steel for nine months to show exactly what its limestone soil tastes like.
Grape Varietals & Region: 100% Xarel·lo Vermell — a naturally pink-skinned mutation of standard Xarel·lo — from a single block of 15-year-old vines at the family's El Sot property in Muntanyes d'Ordal, Penedès, Catalunya. Same extremely calcareous, limestone-clay soil as its sibling Xarel·lo bottling, but treated as its own separate expression rather than blended in.
Taste Profile: Flinty, smoky and a touch reductive — deliberately austere rather than fruity, with a narrow, marine, saline character that reads as an honest expression of the limestone soil rather than a crowd-pleasing style choice. Wine critic Luis Gutierrez scored the 2024 94 points for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, calling it 'expressive, clean and precise... narrow, marine and saline.'
Winemaking Process: Whole-bunch pressed at low pressure with no maceration — despite the pink skins, this is made as a white, not an orange wine. Fermented entirely in stainless steel, then kept on its lees for nine months at cool temperature with bâtonnage in the early months to build texture without adding weight. Just 2,067 bottles made.
Winemaker: Sergi Canals grew up in Penedès; Jessica Madigan, American, met him as her lab partner at UC Davis — their first assignment was to deliberately spoil a wine with bacteria, and it came out glorious instead. They founded Cisteller in 2019 on 'mountain land that nobody wanted': vineyards Sergi's family held onto because they sat too high and too poor for the region's commercial, high-yielding vines. What they found instead was limestone-rich, low-pH soil they compare to Chablis and Champagne. In 2024, Cisteller became the 13th winery admitted to Corpinnat — the breakaway growers' collective that left Cava behind to guarantee estate-grown, hand-harvested, site-specific sparkling wine, audited unannounced during harvest to prove it. 'Cisteller' means 'basket weaver,' after Sergi's family trade; today the couple farm their great-grandfather's vineyards with their own two children in tow.
Country
Spain
Region
Penedes, Catalunya
Maker
Cisteller
Style
Bright & Mineral White
Winery Practices
Organic Wines
Key Techniques Used
Direct Press
Maturation Medium
Stainless Steel Tanks
Aging Duration
7-12 Months
Primary Taste
Mineral and Citrus Fruit
Secondary Taste
Smokey and Reductive & Oxidative Nuttiness
Acidity
High
Dryness
Very Dry
Food Pairing
Shellfish, Crab & Lobster
Key Highlights
Winery
Winery
Cisteller
Started in 2019, Jessica & Sergi took over his family vineyards, planted on the "Mountain land that nobody wanted"/ With soils reminiscent of Chablis & select parts of Champagne, they became the 13th member of Corpinnat in 2024
Classification
Classification
Fine Wines & Grand Crus
Representing classifications of top wine sites. Referring to sites that have the best potential for great wines, these wines are often highly collectible and are at the top of the wine pyramid
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Select "Local Delivery" shipping option upon checkout, and orders made by 6PM would be able to be delivered same day
Perfect for those last-minute dinner parties or when you simply can’t wait to order wine online and uncork that bottle.
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