Naveran Cava Dama de Barcelona 2022 CS20231026 It's the sort of Champagne

It's the sort of Champagne that has become hard to find at a sensible price: farmer-grown

From the producer: First

Few bottles survive nearly a century with the grace of this 1938 Niepoort Garrafeira Port

and eventually being knighted by the Piedmont government for her work with Italian wine

Naveran Cava Dama de Barcelona 2022 CS20231026 It's the sort of ChampagneDama is Naveran's flagship, and it deliberately breaks the Cava mold: 85% Chardonnay with a splash of Parellada, rather than the usual Catalan trio. The Chardonnay is grown on the family's organic estate in the high Peneds and gives the wine real flesh orchard fruit, a creamy texture, a fine and persistent bead while the Parellada keeps it airy instead of heavy. A minimum of 18 months on the lees, often longer, builds a hint of pastry underneath.