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Enric Soler Penedes Xarel·lo Improvisacio 2024

$6999

Organic, biodynamic. 100% Xarel·lo taken from Sisqueta, Jerònia and Espenyalluchs vineyards. Harvest was on the 3rd and 9th of September, and the wine was direct pressed and spontaneously fermented in Stockinger barriques, first used in 2016, as well as two concrete eggs. The wine aged for 9 months in the same vessels before bottling in June 2025. 4840 bottles were produced.

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Robert Parker

93 points

"Enric Soler said he thinks the 2024 wines are a miracle, because it didn't rain until quite late and the plants were exhausted, close to dying; so, to have the elegance and approachability the wines have is almost unthinkable. The three plots that contributed to the 2024 Improvisació fermented and matured exclusively in Austrian oak foudres, where the wine matured for nine months with lees. Every year, the color of the label changes, and in 2024, it is green. The wine has some fragility and is ethereal, young and tender (I think "tender" is a very good descriptor for the vintage), and it has lower alcohol, 12%, with a pH of 3.25 and 5.1 grams of acidity. The oak feels better integrated despite the fact that 100% of the wine aged in wood—-in other vintages, part of the wine matured in concrete egg, but not in 2024. 4,840 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2025." —Luis Gutiérrez

More about Enric Soler

It’s rare that we find a winemaker who focuses all of his attention, all of his energy, on one grape variety—but that’s exactly what Enric Soler does, in the Penedès, with that region’s most noble grape, Xarel-lo.

Enric was working as a sommelier in Barcelona until the death of his grandfather inspired him to pack up and move back to his ancestral homeland, where his grandfather had planted vines in the 1940s. He embarked on a deeply personal project to create three different wines from three different plots of Xarel-lo, planted at different times and on different soil types.

Predominantly known as one of the three main grapes blended into Cava, Xarel-lo (cha-rel-lo) produces incredibly aromatic and complex still wines. Enric’s are unlike any other Spanish white wine we know—bright and herbal, with notes of citrus and fennel, but deeply concentrated. In each of his cuvées runs a minerality that belies the inherent richness of the grape. We can't get enough!

Each plot is farmed biodynamically, and minimalism is the name of the game both in the vineyards and in the cellar. A keen sense of balance, honed by Enric’s somm years, is the defining feature of his wines.

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Xarel-lo

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Biodynamic

  • Style

    Earthy

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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