Partida Creus XL Ancestral Pet Nat from Tarragona, Catalonia — a beautifully made natural sparkling wine from 100% Xarel-lo with deep minerality and soft but pronounced fruit salad aromas, clean, elegant, and beautifully crafted in the ancestral method (pétillant naturel) with zero additions.
Tasting Notes
A beautifully made natural sparkling wine with deep minerality and soft but pronounced fruit salad aromas. Partida wines can at times lean funky but this one is clean, elegant, and beautifully crafted. Made in the ancestral method (Pétillant Naturel) — bottled during fermentation so the CO2 is captured in the bottle naturally, creating a gentle, natural spritz with no disgorgement and no added sulphites.
Quick Facts
- Grape: 100% Xarel-lo (indigenous Catalan white variety)
- Origin: Spain, Tarragona, Catalonia (calcareous clay soils)
- Style: Pétillant Naturel (Pet Nat), ancestral method, natural sparkling, unfiltered
- Winemaking: Indigenous yeasts, bottled during fermentation (ancestral method), unfiltered, unfined, no additional sulphites
Food Pairing
Aperitif, light seafood, oysters, and fresh cheeses.
Serving
Serve at 8-10°C. Open carefully — natural sparkling wines can be lively. Best enjoyed young and fresh.
About the Producer
Partida Creus is a natural wine estate in Tarragona, Catalonia, founded by Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerosa, farming old vines of indigenous Catalan grape varieties with zero intervention — no sulphites, no filtration, no fining.
