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Macabeo

Penedés, Spain

Agusti Torello Roca is prominent amongst a handful of young, dedicated Cava producers striving to take the quality of sparkling wine production in  Penedès to higher levels today. They are putting the emphasis on vineyard-specific wines, organic farming, hand-harvesting, and extended lees aging. In 2013, Agusti and his father (also named Agusti), founded the AT Roca label with a focus on organic farming. They joined a small group of growers that defected from the DO Cava, the massive category that spans 23 different regions across Spain, in establishing “DO Classic  Penedès.” The new DO has much stricter guidelines dictating both geography and production. After focusing on the ideals of organic stewardship with AT Roca, Agusti wanted to take things one step further in his quest for re-connection with the land. For that, he needed even tighter focus and stricter guidelines.