Anima Mundi, "Cami del Xops" Corpinnat, Catalonia, Spain 2024

Like CAVA but with much higher standards = Corpinnat.

Overview of the Wine
Anima Mundi is a side-project from Agustí Torello Roca, winemaker for his family’s estate winery AT Roca in the Alt Penedès region of Catalonia. Agustí’s goal for this project is to show the true expression of grape and place through keen observation of the land. Anima Mundi is a theory of Plato’s, translating to “the soul of the world.” Much in the way that the soul is connected to the body, Agustí sees wine as a way for us to connect with the Earth. For these wines, Agustí works without any additions or interventions in the winery, and uses clay anfora, stainless steel, concrete, and used French oak barrels for fermentations and aging. All fruit for this project comes from their certified organic estate vineyards, as Agustí believes that lively wines can only come from lively soils.

Winemaker
Agustí Torello Roca

Grape / Blend 
50% Macabeu, 50% Xarel-lo

Origin
Sant Sebastià dels Gorgs, Penedès, Catalunya

Winemaker's Tasting Notes
A blend of Macabeu and Xarel-lo from two adjoining parcels. The grapes are wild yeast fermented in stainless steel tanks and old 225L French oak barrels, and bottled before primary fermentation has completely finished (with about 20g/L sugar) in the métode ancestral style.

91 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2024 Camí dels Xops is a young and tender ancestral sparkling wine produced with 50% Xarel.lo and 50% Macabeo from vineyards in Sant Sebastià dels Gorgs on limestone soils from the Ordal Mountains. It has notes of green apples, low alcohol (11%), a low pH of 2.92 and good acidity (6.1 grams). It is clean, straightforward and tasty, with a small bubbles, freshness, saltiness and a dry finish. 22,000 bottles produced. This is disgorged after 18 months in bottle.

Product size: 750ml