Pasanau Priorat Ceps Nous 2022 no ups while the palate reveals mineral

while the palate reveals mineral precision and a delicate touch—the hallmark of a Grand Cru expression with fine bubbles that dance with each sip

to the family's credit

aged 22 months in French oak

White flowers with a hint of grassiness

Pasanau Priorat Ceps Nous 2022 no ups while the palate reveals mineralPriorat has a reputation for wines you buy now and open when your kids graduate. Ceps Nous is the exception, and it's honest about it the name means "new vines" in Catalan, a reference to the parcels the Pasanau family planted in 2000. The fruit comes from La Morera de Montsant, the highest village in Priorat, where vineyards sit at 2,300 feet against the rock wall of the Serra de Montsant and swing hard between hot days and cold nights. That altitude