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Enric Soler

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Type

White Wine

Appellation

Variety

Xarel-lo

Enric Soler writes: "Authentic single vineyard, 100 % Xarel·lo from Vinya dels Taus. Fermented and aged for several months in new and two-year-old French oak barrels from the great cooperages of Burgundy. Its capacity for maturing, elegance, and uniqueness has, year after year, led it to be one of the white wines for aging to be recognized in the global wine world."

Viticulture

Soil type

Sand, silt, and clay

Vine age1945

Vineyard size0.65 ha

Altitude250 meters

Vinification

Fermented with native yeasts in new and two-year-old French oak barrels from the great cooperages of Burgundy

Elevage8 months in 300-litre French oak barrels (50% new)

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Additional info

Total production average3,216 bottles + 103 magnums

More about
the producer

Enric Soler

Founded in 2004

4.5 hectares

With more than fifteen vintages under his belt, Enric Soler has definitively proven the grandiose potential of still Xarel.lo from Catalonia. Historically seen as the base wine for an ocean of Cava, Soler began in 2004 with a radically different approach, treating his native terroir and grapes as if they had the potential to make some of the world’s best white wines. It turns out that Soler was entirely correct, and today, his miniscule production of handcrafted wines are some of the most allocated bottles in Spain.

Soler began his career as a sommelier, winning the “Campeonato de España de Sommelier” award for best sommelier in Spain in 1997. While teaching at his wine academy in Barcelona, local producers would often bring him bottles to get his advice. After the loss o...