Juvé & Camps Gran Reserva de la Familia Brut Nature 2022

Juvé & Camps Gran Reserva de la Familia Brut Nature 2022 Corpinnat, Spain

Juvé & Camps Gran Reserva de la Familia Brut Nature 2022 is the iconic family reserve of Juvé & Camps from Penedès. This organic Corpinnat is made from Xarel·lo, Macabeo, and Parellada, ages long in the bottle, and is finished completely dry, without dosage. The result is a gourmet Spanish sparkling wine with ripe apple, fennel, Mediterranean herbs, light toast, and a fine, creamy mousse.

Vineyards and region

Reserva de la Familia 2022 comes from Juvé & Camps' organic vineyards in Penedès.

Location / Origin: The grapes come from Espiells, La Cuscona, and Mediona, three important vineyard locations within Juvé & Camps' own estate.

Soil: The vineyards are situated on calcareous loam and clay soils. These soils give the wine its dry structure, fresh tension, and long, mineral finish.

Vintage 2022: 2022 was a warm and dry year, with low yields and rapid ripening. Precise vineyard management ensured the quality of the grapes was maintained.

Vineyard Management: The vineyards are organically certified. Juvé & Camps works with its own grapes, manual harvesting, and a strong focus on origin and long aging.

Vinification and aging

This Corpinnat is made using the traditional method, with an emphasis on pure juice, long bottle aging, and a dry Brut Nature style.

Harvest & Pressing: The grapes are hand-harvested and gently pressed. Only the free-run juice is used, ensuring the base wine remains fresh, delicate, and pure.

Fermentation: The first fermentation takes place for each grape variety separately in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature. This ensures that Xarel·lo, Macabeo, and Parellada each remain recognizable in the final blend.

Second fermentation: After blending, the second fermentation takes place in the bottle using the traditional method. This creates the fine bubbles, creamy mousse, and classic tension of long-aged sparkling wine.

Aging: The wine ages for an average of 36 months on the lees in the cellars of Juvé & Camps. This long aging provides extra depth, notes of lightly toasted bread, nuts, and a beautifully integrated bubble.

Dosage: As a Brut Nature, this wine receives no liqueur d'expédition after disgorgement. This keeps the style dry, precise, and pure.

Alcohol percentage: With 12% alcohol, the wine remains elegant and crisp, with enough body due to the long bottle aging.

Grape composition

The blend consists of three classic grape varieties from Penedès.

50% Xarel·lo – Penedès: Xarel·lo forms the backbone of the wine, providing structure, freshness, spiciness, and length.

35% Macabeo – Penedès: Macabeo provides white fruit, soft citrus, and an approachable, round base.

15% Parellada – Penedès: Parellada brings refinement, floral notes, and extra elegance to the blend.

Tasting notes and serving suggestions

Clear yellow with golden reflections, fine bubbles, and an aroma of ripe apple, fennel, rosemary, lightly toasted bread, and nuts. The taste is dry, fresh, and layered, with a creamy mousse, well-integrated acidity, and a long, expressive finish. A serious Corpinnat for aperitifs, dinner, and festive moments.

Serving temperature: Serve at 7–8 °C, so that the fine mousse, fresh apple notes, and spicy aging aromas remain beautifully balanced.

Dishes: Excellent with Iberian ham, vichyssoise with roasted almonds, suckling pig with apple purée, Camembert tart with walnuts, fish, seafood, creamy pasta, white meat, Japanese dishes, or aged cheeses.

More information about Juvé & Camps

Juvé & Camps is a family-owned estate from Sant Sadurní d’Anoia with a long history in premium sparkling wines from Penedès. Reserva de la Familia was originally made for the Juvé family's own consumption and was released to the market in 1976. Since then, this Brut Nature has grown to become the most recognizable wine of the house: always a vintage wine, organically made, long-aged, and clearly focused on a dry, gastronomic style. With its current positioning as Corpinnat, Juvé & Camps aligns even more strongly with sparkling wines from Penedès made with their own grapes, long aging, and a clear identity of origin.