Mas Candi Penedes Corpinnat Brut Nature 2022 champagne-club En Montceau is one of

En Montceau is one of Saint-Aubin's most distinctive 1er Crus - a southwest-facing hillside where the topsoil runs just 30 centimeters deep over hard limestone

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and a label everyone at the table recognizes instantly

farms them organically

gripping tannins that let these wines run for decades

Mas Candi Penedes Corpinnat Brut Nature 2022 champagne-club En Montceau is one ofCava has a factory problem, and this is the antidote. Mas Candi is a four person winemaking collective in the Penedes, something like the Catalan answer to Envinate, and at its 2006 inception it was making some of the only true grower Cava anywhere. They have since walked away from the Cava DO entirely in favor of Corpinnat, which demands organic farming, hand harvesting, mostly indigenous grapes and long aging before release. This Brut Nature is led