Ton Mata

We explore a growing trend: the use of cork stoppers in sparkling wine bottling.

A recent research project driven by the wineries Gramona and Recaredo, along with cork manufacturers Francisco Oller and TESA, and supported by the Catalan Cork Institute Foundation, the Catalan Institute of Vine and Wine, and the Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology, has demonstrated that sparkling wines undergoing secondary fermentation with cork achieve a distinctive physical and sensory profile and are also more highly valued by consumers.

We will see the first results of the project by tasting 4 sparkling wines.

Extended aging periods are one of the distinctive characteristics of Corpinnat sparkling wines. From the heart of the Penedès, we offer you a tour of 9 Corpinnat sparkling wines, all of them with more than 100 months of aging. A unique tasting led by Ton Mata and Xavier Nadal, president and vice president, respectively, of the Corpinnat collective brand.

Corpinnat to be tasted:

Huguet de Can Feixes Reserva Brut Nature 2015 (Magnum) 

Gramona III Lustros 2014 (Magnum)

Júlia Bernet Maria Bernet 2014

Gran Torelló Grans Anyades 2013

Llopart Original 1887 Enoteca Familiar 2010

Can Descregut Antologia, Memòria 2009

Sabaté i Coca Reserva Familiar 2008 (Magnum)

Recaredo Serral del Vell 2006 

Nadal RNG10 Brut Nature 2004

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Only 15 years ago, social media had not become popular and wine recommendations were made through the specialized press, professional guides and blind tasting contests. They were few and had an extreme influence. A good score could be decisive for a winery and was very important for positioning itself in the market. Now there are more specialized media, more contests and more rankings that coexist with prescribers with their own channels on social networks. What effect does the atomization of the prescription have on the consumer? And on the wineries? Is it still decisive to appear in guides, win contests, etc?