Recaredo Terrers Brut Nature Gran Reserva Corpinnat

Cava, Spain

The most internationally recognized artisan Corpinnat — Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada from biodynamic old-vine Penedès parcels, zero dosage, aged 60+ months on lees. Lemon zest, green apple, chalk, toasted almond, brioche, and the saline Mediterranean mineral that distinguishes Catalan traditional method from Champagne. More mineral and austere than Gramona's style; enormously age-worthy. Spain's benchmark biodynamic sparkling wine.

Pairing intelligence

• main: Catalonia's most challenging seafood and its finest sparkling wine — the wine's chalk mineral and zero-dosage austerity is one of the few sparkling wines that stands up to sea cucumber's oceanic intensity; fideuà negra's squid ink bridges the marine mineral
• aperitif: Catalonia's most fundamental food and its finest sparkling wine — the wine's mineral freshness and brioche character bridges the anchovy's salt-cured intensity; tomato's acidity mirrors the wine's natural freshness; olive oil bridges the autolytic depth