1996 Raventós i Blanc "Reserva Familiar - 30 Anys" Brut Conca del Riu Anoia

The 1996 Reserva Familiar 30 Anys is truly phenomenal, a sparkling wine with very long aging that was released in its fourth year. After 30 years, it is really stunning. It has incredible complexity, like an updated version of the 1995 that I tasted last year, with mushrooms, baked apples/apple tart, spices, toasty bread, iodine, aniseed and fennel. It has great nuance and is silky and polished, with a sleek mouthfeel and very fine, almost imperceptible bubbles, which give it a silky texture. This is stunning! There are around 480 bottles of this. (LG)