Description
The Llopart family has been growing grapes since 1385. Over the centuries, they dedicated themselves to the cultivation of grapevines, wheat, and olive trees, until the late 1800s when they committed themselves exclusively to grape growing. In 1887 Llopart released their first Cava, produced in the estate’s old masia—or country house. In the 1950s, Père Llopart i Vilarós elevated the operation and began producing remarkable sparkling wines according to the méthode champenoise. Llopart were pioneers in the production of sparkling rosé wines and were one of the first sparkling producers to make a rosé from exclusively red grapes. As a founding member of Corpinnat, they soon convinced the association to restrict rosé production exclusively to red varieties.
The Llopart vineyards are certified organic. They sit on a limestone mantle with soils that are a mixture of clay and siliceous components. Due to the primitive sea inlet that expanded and retreated several times, there are layers of marine fossils, coral reefs and sediment layers from old cliffs, rivers, deltas and small lagoons. The vineyards are primarily head-trained bush vines, while younger plantings are on high density trellises. All the vineyards are dry-farmed and tended to by hand, without any machinery; plowing in the oldest vineyards is still done by horse. The same philosophy of tradition and respect for the land that the winery adheres to in the manufacture of its Cavas, has been extended to its still wines.
2023 Llopart Vitis—"the secret life of plants"—is rooted in the concept of the grapevine as the “creator and synthesizer” of this wine's aromas and flavors. A blend of 60% Xarel·lo from the Simón Vineyard (planted in 2004), 30% Malvasia from the Lluís Vineyard (2008) and 10% Muscat from the Torrota vineyard (2001). It offers striking phenolic aromatics of white and tropical fruits. The palate exhibits bright, citrusy freshness with flavors of mango and pineapple and pleasant herbaceous notes, artfully structured with a delicate floral note and a nicely tapered finish.
