AGUSTÍ TORELLÓ MATA Reserva Brut Cava 2016

(Penedès, Spain) $20

Bubbles on a budget? Here you go. This bone-dry cava is racy, refreshing, and vibrant, with just the lightest notes of pear and golden apple. Over the last few years, Spain’s best sparkling wine producers have initiated a total revolution in quality. Not only are the wines aged on yeast lees longer (this one for 36 months), but the wines are fresher, more complex, and far more delicious. If ever there was a sitting-on-the-deck wine, this is it. Agustí Torelló Mata is one of Penedes’ top small producers working with the region’s traditional indigenous grapes: macabeo, xarel-lo and parellada. (11.5% abv)

90 points KM

Available at Union Square Wines & Spirits