Blancher Teresa Blancher Gran Reserva Cava de la tieta 2014

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Blancher Teresa Blancher Gran Reserva Cava de la tieta 2014.

Blancher Teresa Blancher Gran Reserva Cava de la tieta 2014
11.5%, Cava, 26 euro.

Made with Macabeo, Xarel·lo and Parellada grapes. This 2014 is the current release; it spent more than six years on lees, resting in a cave that’s 18 metres underground.

If you’re buying this Europe, in particular, this is especially good value, not to mention quality. In fact of some 50-plus Cava wines tasted on this trip, this Blancher Teresa Blancher Grand Reserva 2014 was the best value wine of the trip.

Complex, meaty aromatics lead to a long, fine, exceptional palate. This had me interested from the outset but by the time I’d put my glass down it had me hook, line and sinker. Cream, chamomile, honey, citrus, roasted nuts, almonds and brine characters combine seamlessly. The style here is brut nature but age has brought honeyed sweetness. Cracking Cava. Excellent. 94 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, founder of The Winefront and mattinson, and former chief editor of Halliday.

When you pick up a wine book and see thousands of top-scoring wines, it’s hard to know which wine to choose. Mattinson guides you through this maze, giving you an honest view of the best Australian wines, the best wine stories, the best wine producers, the best value wines and simply, the best tasting wines. Importantly, Mattinson will tell you about the top-rated wines and also about the underrated wines. In short, Mattinson knows Australian wines inside and out.

Mattinson has been a photo-journalist since 1987. For the past 25 years he’s been a voice that you can trust when you’re looking for the best wines. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award, and is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter. He’s not afraid to put a score beside a wine. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

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