In the glass
Aroma: apple, pear, honey, toasted brioche
Palate: dried fruit, creamy lees, saline minerality, fine bead
Indigenous-trio Gran Reserva Brut Nature aged 70-plus months on lees in the Mestres palace cellar on the Sant Sadurni town-hall square. Dried fruit, honey and creamy lees over saline minerality.
What it pairs with
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Bacalla a la llauna
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Salt cod with paprika echoes the wine's saline depth; lees-toast complexity holds up to the dish. -
Aged Mahon cheese
Aged cow's-milk cheese finds a partner in Coquet's honey and toasted-brioche register. -
Roast partridge with grape
Brut Nature Cava with 70-plus months on lees handles gamebird without overpowering it. -
Wild mushroom paella
Saline minerality and dry-fruit autolytic depth complement earthy mushroom rice.
History
Coquet is Mestres' Gran Reserva Brut Nature, ranking just below the long-aged Visol. The cuvee is the modern face of Mestres production, regularly released in vintage form and reflecting the brand's discipline of zero-dosage long-lees Cava production.
- 1985 — Coquet Gran Reserva Brut Nature launched as the modern Gran Reserva
Facts
- Producer
- Mestres
- Grapes
- Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada
- Classification
- DO Cava Gran Reserva
- Oak
- Stainless steel; minimum 70 months on lees in bottle
- ABV
- 12.0%
- Price
- EUR 24 to 36 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2-12 from disgorgement
- First vintage
- 1985
- Vegan
- Yes (no animal-derived fining)
Frequently asked about Coquet Gran Reserva Brut Nature
What does Mestres Coquet taste like?
Apple, pear, honey and toasted brioche on the nose; dried fruit, creamy lees, saline minerality and a fine bead on the palate. Medium-bodied with high acidity and a long elegant finish.
When should I drink Coquet Gran Reserva?
Drink between 2 and 12 years from disgorgement. The 70-plus months on lees has developed full autolytic complexity; further cellaring deepens the honey and toasted register.
What grapes are in Coquet?
The three indigenous Cava varieties: Macabeo, Xarel-lo and Parellada. The wine is a Gran Reserva Brut Nature aged at least 70 months on lees.
What food pairs with Coquet?
Bacalla a la llauna, aged Mahon cheese, roast partridge and wild mushroom paella. The long-lees Brut Nature register handles serious Catalan and Iberian protein-forward dishes.