10/15/2025
Julia Bernet 'Cuvee U' Corpinnat 2022! Beautiful toasty citrusy delicate bubbly wine from the hills outside Barcelona
Available at Maine and Loire, Pulling Corks, Bleecker and Greer, Blue Hill Wine Shop, Sissle and and Daughters
New from Jose Pastor! Xavier Bernet’s family has farmed grapes in the hills of Penedes (in the town of Subirats) for many generations. They always sold the grapes off until Xavier took the reigns in 2003. First he started bottling his own Cava, then he converted to organic agriculture, and then he invested himself in refining all the processes. He has 7 hectares in the high Penedes on rocky calcareous soil. In 2019 he left the Cava DO and joined the new Corpinnat DO in rebellion with the other local wine makers who felt ignored by the Cava DO and wanted more control of the rules around the wines they make. The Cuvee U spends 2 years in tank on the lees before it is bottled and referments.
Aroma: a subtle white rose, gentle white peach, the subtle heady aromatic smell of drying grass in the autumn, a faint green apple, and a little bit of golden raisin. The aroma is subtle, complex, and enticing. It smells like sunny early autumn in the best possible way
Taste: elegant, friendly, sunny, preserved lemon and subtle ripe pear up front... elegantly interwoven complex flavors and very fine tiny but persistent bubbles that rise on the mid palate and then gently recede. There's a subtle tasty salty minerality in the mid palate, and then a lovely fresh baked croissant and touch of toasted almond comes in on the finish. The midpalate has a very relaxed and giving, sunny personality to it! The dry effervescence of the finish is precise and satisfying
