Penedes Wine & Cava Tasting & 4WD Vineyards Tour from Barcelona
Enjoy an exclusive day out to a two local wineries in Penedès Region and taste 4 excellent wines and 3 excellent wines and 4 glasses of cava perfectly paired with loca...
Structure
Drinking window
Best 2 to 8 years from vintage.
vintage2 yrs8 yrs10 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: yellow apple, fennel, lemon, wild herb
Palate: citrus, creamy lees, saline lift, mineral close
Single-variety oak-aged Xarel-lo from organic-pioneer Albet i Noya. Among the earliest serious mono-varietal Xarel-lo whites.
What it pairs with
-
Esqueixada salt cod salad
Find esqueixada salt cod salad on TableJourney →
Catalan raw-cured cod meets Xarel-lo's saline and herbal edge. -
Grilled cuttlefish
Sea-edge cephalopod and saline-creamy Xarel-lo pair naturally. -
Aged Manchego
Sheep's-milk salt sharpens the wine's herbal core. -
Catalan calcots with romesco
Find catalan calcots with romesco on TableJourney →
Catalan spring onions and the wine's mineral lift balance romesco's nutty depth.
History
Single-variety oak-aged Xarel-lo from Albet i Noya, Spain's organic-wine pioneer. CCPAE-certified since 1982. Among the earliest mono-varietal Xarel-los in the modern Penedes era.
- 1978: Albet i Noya founded as Spanish organic-wine pioneer
- 1982: CCPAE organic certification
Facts
- Producer
- Albet i Noya · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Xarel-lo (100%)
- Classification
- DO Penedes
- Oak
- Ageing in French oak, partial new oak, on lees
- ABV
- 13.0%
- Price
- EUR 15 to 25 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2-8 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1982
- Organic
- CCPAE
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)
Frequently asked about Reserva 3 Xarel-lo
What does Reserva 3 Xarel-lo taste like?
Yellow apple, fennel, lemon and wild herb on the nose; citrus, creamy lees, saline lift and a mineral close on the palate. Medium-bodied with high acidity.
When should I drink Reserva 3?
Drink 2 to 8 years from vintage. Best with a brief 15 to 20 minute opening.
Is Reserva 3 vegan?
Yes. Albet i Noya uses vegan fining across its organic range.
What food pairs with Reserva 3?
Esqueixada salt cod salad is the canonical Catalan pairing. Grilled cuttlefish, aged Manchego, and calcots with romesco are equally strong.
What grapes are in Reserva 3?
100 percent Xarel-lo from CCPAE-organic estate vineyards farmed organically since 1978.
Tags
Taste it where it is made: tours and tastings in Penedes
Montserrat & Penedes Winery Private Day Trip with Cava Tasting
Enjoy a private day trip from Barcelona to Montserrat and Codorníu Cava Cellars, combining mountain heritage with Catalonia’s iconic sparkling wine tradition. Be picke...
Private Wine & Cava Tasting Tour In Penedes with hotel pick up
Penedés region is one of the most important wine and cava regions in Catalonia. Penedés land is between the sea and the mountains, and this influence of the sun and t...