Details

  • Type: Sparkling Wine White
  • Country: Spain
  • Region: Catalunya
  • Vintage: NV
  • Producer: Paco & Lola
  • Primary grape: Maccabeu/Macabeo
  • Secondary grape: Xarel.lo
  • Bottle size: 75cl
  • Code: 33915
  • Ethical Ethical
  • Vegetarian Vegetarian
  • Sulphites Sulphites

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Expression

White sparkling wines

  • Cheese soufflés. Mildly flavourful cheeses such as Caerphilly and washed-rind cheeses such as Reblochon, Langres. Try cava with Manchego
  • Fish and chips, white fish such as cod, turbot, monkfish or sole. Oysters, lobster and crab
  • Salty meats, charcuterie, ham. White meats with light sauces, light chicken dishes, aromatic crispy duck and pizza
  • Richer sparkling wines pair with rich, creamy sauces, hollandaise. Truffle oil, light creamy herb, fish-based sauces.
  • Chardonnay-dominated wines can pair with kebab and light Thai foods. Richer wines such as cava can stand up to Indian spice
  • Mushrooms, artichokes, asparagus, chanterelle salads, carpaccio, egg or seafood salad

About the Wine

Maccabeu/Macabeo

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The wines have a taste mildly acidic, mildly alcoholic variety, with flavours of grapefruits and citrus. Macabeo is also call Viura and is the primary blending grape in Cava sparkling wines.

Flavours:

  • Hazelnut Hazelnut
  • Honeydew Melon Honeydew Melon
  • Lemon Verbena Lemon Verbena
  • Lime Peel Lime Peel
  • Tarragon Tarragon

Xarel.lo

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Flavours:

  • Ginger Ginger
  • Lemon Lemon
  • Lime Blossom Lime Blossom
  • Raw Almond Raw Almond
  • White Peach White Peach
Paco & Lola

A cooperative of 400 families: Founded in 2005, Paco & Lola is the fruit of a business initiative of a group of independent winegrowers from O Salnés who wanted to take their production to the highest level. The cooperative called “Sociedad Cooperativa Vitivinícola Arousana,” was born, making it the largest in D.O. Rías Baixas. Paco & Lola has almost 555 acres / 225ha of vineyards situated over more than 2000 plots of land, typical of the Galician small holdings.

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The Country

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Spain

Spain has a huge number of unusual and captivating regions aside from the beautiful Rioja. Whilst tradition remains, some producers are really pushing boundaries making Spain one country to keep coming back to.

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