WINERY
BACKGROUND
The winery behind Jaume Serra
Cristalino was founded in 1943 by distinguished enologist
Jaume Serra Guell. It is located in the Garraf subdivision
of the Denominacion de Origen Penedés, the largest
wine growing area in Catalonia. Jaume Serra lies within the
“El Padruel” estate in the Mediterranean Coastal
town of Vilanova y la Geltru, some 50 kilometers south of
Barcelona. Wine making began on this property in 1947. The
winery underwent renovations in 1984 and then again in 1997,
after the J. García Carrión family purchased
the property.
|
 |
THE VINEYARDS
The white varietals of Parellada,
Chardonnay, Macabeo and Xarel-lo are grown in Jaume Serra’s
vineyards situated in the Alta Penedés, a sub region
of the Penedés, and are used to produce the area’s
famous sparkling wines, called CAVA. The winery is located
on the 300 acre El Padruel estate and shares the landscape
with the famous 17th century fortress of the same name.
During the 1980’s, experimentation was undertaken
to determine which varietals would thrive in the area and
exhausted vines were removed and replaced with the white
varietals above as well as Merlot, Tempranillo and Cabernet
Sauvignon.
In addition to their own estate
grown grapes, the winery has established unique, long-term
contracts with 15 growers in the Penedés region.
Under these agreements, control and maintenance of the vineyards
is undertaken by Jaume Serra to ensure their quality standards
are met. From these growers the winery purchase the white
varietals of Macabeo, Parellada, Xarello and Chardonnay
which are used in the famous Jaume Serra Cristalino Brut, Extra Dry
and Brut Nature Cavas.
VINIFICATION
By law, Cava must be made in
the traditional method in which the secondary fermentation
takes place in the same bottle in which the sparkling wine
is sold. There is an added requirement that Cavas must age
for a minimum of nine months on the lees before release.
After conducting extensive research, the winery has isolated
the ideal yeast which helps to impart the finest quality
and an elegant mouth-feel to our Cavas.
JAUME
SERRA CRISTALINO is not affiliated with, sponsored by, approved
by, endorsed by,
or in any way connected to Louis Roederer’s CRISTAL®
champagne or Louis Roederer.
|
.gif){kind=tracking}
