Naveran Cava Brut Vintage 2022 hide-gift-message the Machir Bay bottling by

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

The tannins grip but stay silky

Vinified and aged entirely in concrete vat

which is exactly the point

an oenologist who earned his stripes at Chateau Palmer and Domaine de la Romanee-Conti

Naveran Cava Brut Vintage 2022 hide-gift-message the Machir Bay bottling byMost 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