Ramon Jané "Tinc Set" Metode Ancestral 2023

This 50/50 Xarel-lo and Parellada blend is produced via the méthode ancéstrale (fancy way of saying naturally fermented in bottle) and oozes with flavors of creamy stone fruit, citrus rind, and wet rocks. Soft and spritzy, marked by crisp acidity and fine bubbles. Organic and biodynamic.

Mas Candí was founded in 2006 as one of the pioneers of estate grown cava – a true anomaly in a region still dominated by large industrial and multinational wine concerns. The four founding friends, Ramon Jané, Mercè Cuscó, Toni Carbó, and Ana Serra quickly made a name for themselves by eschewing chemical additives in the vineyard and the wines, replanting autochthonous varieties, and championing the emerging Corpinnat appellation as a way to break the relentless stranglehold of Big Cava.

Today, the project lies more or less fully in Ramon and Mercè’s hands, with support from their son, Jordi. Toni and Anna Serra calved off to focus on their own projects, La Salada and Anna Serra wines, but still remain tightly connected.

The wines labeled Mas Candí are the “Classical” wines - biodynamic, with judicious sulfur usage and an eye towards aging and hyperspecific vineyard designations – think Corpinnat. The wines bottled under Ramon Jané are more ephemeral, more natural, and slightly cheekier – like this Tinc Set.