Mestres Coquet Brut Nature 2021
12% alcohol, cork, Cataluna/Spain.
Super-fresh Cava with plenty of savoury goodness. Nectarine, chalk, macadamia and brine flavours come served with plenty of energy, helped along by zesty citrus notes. This is good Cava, savoury and alive. 91 points..
Made with Macabeo (30%), Xarel·lo (45%), and Parellada (25%). It spent 42 months on lees.
Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.
Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.
