Naveran Cava Brut Vintage 2022 hide-gift-message Husband and wife team Virginie

Husband and wife team Virginie and Vincent Vanpoperingh run this small family estate on the banks of the River Marne in Damery

The tannins grip but stay silky

Café de olla is usually a simple recipe of coffee brewed in boiling water in a clay or enamelware pot placed directly on the stove

Vinified and aged entirely in concrete vat

the Machir Bay bottling by Kilchoman is aged in Bourbon and Sherry casks

Naveran Cava Brut Vintage 2022 hide-gift-message Husband and wife team VirginieMost Cava at this level is anonymous, industrial and forgettable. Naveran's Brut Vintage is none of those things: estate grown, organically farmed, vintage dated, and built from the classic Catalan trio of Xarello for structure, Macabeo for fruit and Parellada for lift, off vines planted between 1970 and 1995 in clay and limestone. It rests at least a year on the lees, which lends a whisper of toast without dulling the crunch. The family has been