Nituix, 2019

A white with a bit of grip to it, from a grower who ran one of Spain's best-known sparkling houses before going back to farm his family's vines.

Joan Rubió farms his family's vines in the Penedès, near Barcelona, without chemicals and by the moon. This white is mostly Xarel-lo with some Macabeu. It sits on its skins for a week, which gives it a little grip and texture, but it still drinks like a white: fresh and crisp, with a salty, mineral edge.