2011 Juve y Camps - Reserva Brut Nature

35% Macabeu, 55% Xarello, 10% Parellada. Aged 36 months on lees. Minimum 2 months between disgorgement and release. Creamy apple and pear aroma, not especially intense and not notably autolytic, perhaps a little sour like quince. Opens up to more apricot. Very dry with a slight aspirin bitterness increasing the overall freshness. Bubbles are quite big but reasonably persistent. Certainly some sign of the lees in the depth of texture but they have not really given an autolytic character. (JH)