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.
This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.
Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. 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; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.
Mattinson puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.
