Olive 8th Dec 2020
"For bargain bubbles …
The Society's Cava Reserva Brut is a fine choice. - Kate Hawkings"
Sunday Express 6th Dec 2020
"Cava has struggled a
bit with an image of cheapness, but this is an excellent one that need make no
apologies. It's lively, grapey and appley, with gorgeous fruit, some softness
and a great sense of fun. - Jamie Goode"
The Daily Telegraph 21st Nov 2020
"The best sparkling
wines for Christmas 2020: For some time now cava has been much better value
than prosecco and this one is pitch-perfect. No one will be needing party wines
this year but it’s a good pick for a cheaper fizz. - Victoria Moore"
Hampstead & Highgate Express 12th Nov 2020
"Remember, too, cava’s
remarkable value. [This] is citrussy yet rounded. - Liz Sagues"
The Sunday Times 15th Nov 2020
"I’m a long-time fan
of good-quality cava and this example from Bodegas Sumarroca is terrific value
for money. Aged for more than two years in the bottle. - Will Lyons"
ollysmith.com 26th Oct 2020
"With apply purity and
richness with a deep savoury twist – all for under a tenner – these bubbles are
an ambassador of excellence. - Olly Smith"
The Mail on Sunday 25th Oct 2020
"Sumptuous Cava with
impressive richness and depth: serve with cheese straws. - Olly Smith"
Sunday Telegraph 27th Sep 2020
"With its classic note of green apple peel, this taste distinctively cava-ish. Lively bubbles and crisp finish but it’s less lean and bone-dry than a lot of cava. Bottle-aged for 30 months – superb quality for the price. Made by the Sumarroca bodega. - Susy Atkins"
bbcgoodfood.com 31st Jan 2019
"This has a
champagne-like nose with very fine bubbles."
Times of Tunbridge Wells 27th Dec 2017
"If you are looking
for a satisfying dry sparkling wine made by the traditional method, with
extended lees ageing (30 months), then try this. At the price, few sparklers
exhibit as much aptitude or bite and this clever bottle has both. Sophisticated
and finessed, with petite, persistent creamy bubbles, appley notes and a
toasted brioche depth, this is a cultured wine for a very competitive amount. - James Viner"
Norwich Evening News 18th Jul 2017
"In my opinion one of
the best value Cava’s on the market. Aged for 30 months on its lees giving the
fizz a yeasty richness and complexity rarely found in wines at this price.
Simply delicious. - Jeremy Dunn"
The Times 22nd Apr 2017
"Consistently classy
cava, from the Sumarocca family estate, enlivened by a dab of chardonnay; all
zippy, floral, apple-blossom pizzazz. - Jane MacQuitty"
The Daily Telegraph 24th Dec 2016
"This is characterised
by longer ageing than the competition at the same price, so it is toasty,
creamy and complex: far more than just everyday fizz. - Hamish Anderson"
Newcastle Journal 29th Nov 2016
"This dry nectar comes
from quite a small, family-owned house called Sumarocca. They age it in the
bottle for 30 months, roughly 18 months longer than the cheap stuff. This,
combined with a genuine attention to detail, makes for a lovely lemon and
lavender-scented fizz, dry, zippy and lingering and amazing value.- Helen Savage"
Liverpool Echo 3rd Dec 2016
"One of my friends
said this wine was her "new fave". You can't beat cava. I love it.
This crisp appley number is made from the traditional cava grapes parellada,
macabeo and xarel-lo with a touch of chardonnay. It's rounded, squidgy and
scrumptious - and at the same time remains elegant. - Jane Clare"
The Wine Gang 1st Nov 2016
"With more than 30
months ageing on the lees to give it an extra dimension of sourdough bread
savouriness, but with a light and easy herb-and-apple crisp raciness, this is
superb value for a distinctive Catalan fizz made from the traditional Cava trio
of parellada, macabeo and xarel.lo by the superior family firm of Sumarroca. - The Wine Gang"
Telegraph Luxury 30th Jul 2015
"Move over prosecco,
hello again cava. There has been a lot in the news lately about the danger of a
Christmas prosecco shortage. In my view, the prosecco crisis has happened
already. The price of prosecco has gone up while the quality has gone down,
and, boy, it shows when you taste similarly priced versions of cava and
prosecco side by side. I speak as a dyed-in-the-wool prosecco drinker and
Italophile so it’s hard for me to admit this but - if you’re looking for a
cheap fizz I’d far rather drink this cava than any similarly-priced prosecco
you could find me. “It’s made by Sumarroca, the only producer in Penedes who
make cava entirely from their own fruit, as opposed to buying it in,” says
Pierre Mansour. It’s lovely. Proper wine that tastes of red apple with sharp
edges and a hint of patisserie. - Victoria Moore"
howtodrink.co.uk 3rd Jul 2015
"As a fully paid up
prosecco fan and former cava-hater I loathe saying this but sub-£10 prosecco
has got so dilute and so rubbish, cava now looks way better. Tastes like red
apples and white paper. Vinous.- Victoria Moore"
The Independent 13th Dec 2014
"…quality fizz at an
attractive price… Anthony Rose"
The Times 13th Dec 2014
"Top 20 Fizzes for
Christmas: Sparkling wine duty is exorbitant, so spend an extra £2.50 on your
bottle of cava and you’ll really notice this one’s extra elegance and ripe,
bracing, floral oomph, enhanced with a dollop of chardonnay. - Jane MacQuitty"
Birmingham Living 2nd Dec 2014
"...fragrant, appley
and delicate, superb… Rob Price"
Kent & Sussex Courier 4th Dec 2014
"This is a first class
appley cava… It has "drink me" written all over it and gets my medal
for the best sub-tenner sparkling wine for Christmas 2014… a savoury cava
that brims with crisp citrus and apple purity and faint pastry shop aromas. - James Viner "
The Mail on Sunday 30th Nov 2014
"A fantastic elegantly
round peachy aperitif that’s made in the same method as Champagne but for a
fraction of the price. A Spanish jewel that gleams in the glass and summons you
to its heady fiesta. - Olly Smith"
Tamworth Journal 25th Nov 2014
"Fragrant, appley and
delicate - superb at only £8.50 - Rob Price"
JancisRobinson.com 25th Nov 2014
"Light, frothy, clean
and refreshing. Decent nutty character on the finish. Good Value – you can’t
ask for much more from Cava at the price. - Richard Hemming"
thewinegang.com 31st Oct 2014
"One of the best value
cavas on the market (so much so that it won the Best Value Cava award at this
year's Wines from Spain Awards 2014), this is a refreshingly crisp, lemony
fresh sparkler with just a touch of sweetness that dissolves on the tongue into
a mouth-wateringly sherbet lemony finish. 87/100 - The Wine Gang"
The Times 11th Oct 2014
"Good, ordinary, fizz
for under a tenner is almost extinct, so grab this lengthily aged, yet
refreshing, bold, appley, tutti-frutti sparkler from Sumarroca, a small,
family-run estate. - Jane MacQuitty"
Sheffield Profile 1st Jul 2014
"Elegant sparkle and
freshness … flavours of pear and citrus and lots of bubbles."
Belfast Sunday Life 8th Jun 2014
"A really refreshing
fizz with lots of apple flavours, delicate fruit and a mouth-watering finish.- Paula Gracey"
Belfast Newsletter 31st May 2014
"Gloriously
refreshing, superbly structured and delightfully punchy. Floral fragrances
yield to a lemony, biscuity palate with pleasant nutty backnotes before a very
brief, discreetly acidic finish. - Jane Clare"
Liverpool Echo 17th May 2014
"Made in Penedès, the
heart of Cava country near Barcelona. It uses the traditional Cava grapes -
paralleda, macabeo and xarello with a touch of chardonnay. Cava is fab. This one
was fragrant with blossom and apples and on the palate was a soft fizz of
apples and a tickly lemon finish. Perfect for summer. - Jane Clare"