# Borrasca (2022)

- **Producer:** Anna Serra
- **Colour:** rosé
- **Type:** sparkling
- **Grapes:** Monastrell, Bastard Negre, Mandó, Mònica, Malvasía de Sitges, Xarel·lo, Macabeu
- **Region:** Catalonia, Spain
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 11.5%
- **Average price:** €20
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** No
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 6–8 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** strawberry, raspberry, redcurrant, bread, biscuit

## About this wine

Anna Serra is an independent low-intervention winemaker working out of Pla de Penedès in Catalonia, Spain. Coming from a traditional winemaking family, Serra gained experience as a founding member of respected natural wine projects Mas Candí and La Salada alongside Toni Carbó before establishing her personal domain in 2019. She crafts single-parcel expressions from native Spanish varieties grown in organic and biodynamic vineyard sites in Alt Penedès.

## Interesting facts

- Crafted via Méthode Ancestrale, completing its secondary fermentation naturally in the bottle without added yeasts or sugars.
- Made from the Carola vineyard parcel in Alt Penedès, planted on ancient oceanic limestone soils.
- Winemaker Anna Serra co-founded famous natural wineries Mas Candí and La Salada before launching her own estate.

## Food pairing

The high natural acidity and fine carbonation cut cleanly through oil, cured fat, and rich cheeses, while delicate fruit notes complement rustic Spanish tapas and grilled Mediterranean ingredients.

## Wine making process

Crafted using the Méthode Ancestrale (Pét-Nat) technique. Harvested by hand from the Carola parcel, grapes are fully de-stemmed and undergo four days of skin contact. Fermentation begins spontaneously with wild yeasts in stainless steel tanks. The wine is bottled before alcoholic fermentation finishes, allowing bubbles to form naturally in bottle. Aged on fine lees for 10 months prior to disgorgement without added sulfites, fining, or filtration.