Recaredo: Enoteca Turo d'en Mota Brut Nature Cava 2001

Parker über: Enoteca Turo d'en Mota Brut Nature Cava

-- Parker: The big news (in terms of quality, not in terms of volume) is the release of the 2001 Enoteca Turó d'en Mota, from the family reserve they kept of the single-vineyard Xarel.lo they started producing in 1999. This range was born 25 years after that first harvest, taking the long aging in bottle with the lees even further. It has 12% alcohol, with a pH of 3.05 and 5.5 grams of acidity. This vintage was still note certified organic or biodynamic. 2001 was an atypical year, perhaps the finest to date; I can say that because I tasted all 25 vintages together. It has a very complex and subtle nose that is nuanced and with great complexity of aromas, a mixture of ash, toasted bread, yeasts and smoke from the extended contact of the wine with the lees, hints of mushrooms, diesel, moss and spice, a little balsamic twist (camphor), baked brioche... It has a laced palate with very fine bubbles that give it texture and freshness but are barely noticeable. It has incredible complexity and elegance, really breathtaking. Bravo!! Unfortunately, this is a very limited release of only 150 bottles: the total production of that vintage was 2,770 bottles; they did the normal release and are keeping a handful of bottles at the winery, but this is it. The bottle I tasted was disgorged in April 2024 after 263 months in bottle (21 years and 11 months!). They released the 1999 and now comes this 2001. For now, they are not releasing the 2000. It's closed with a spectacular natural cork, worthy of the best wine they have produced to date and, to me, the finest sparkling wine from Spain. Tasting all of the potential 'Enoteca' years, the released wines, from 1999 to 2009, at a vertical of 25 years of Turó d'en Mota in October 2023, this was clearly my favorite, followed by the 2003.