XL Ancestral 2023

XL Ancestral is a natural wine crafted by Partida Creus, in the Catalonia region in Spain. This sparkling wine is made with Xarel-lo grapes, which is interesting as this grape is often used in Cava production, not too far away from where Partida Creus make wine in Penedes.

Drinking XL Ancestral from Partida Creus

This 2023 vintage of XL Ancestral, aka XLA is crisp, refreshing and light, with a slightly saline element to it alongside bursts of lemons and mineralic touches.

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We visited Antonella and Massimo in 2023 to learn more about their philosophy to wine, working together and life.

We arrived just in time for the wine crushing action, spoke about many elements of their lives and left feeling quite in love with the pair. They really charmed us and we see why so many adore them in the natural wine world . Subscribe on Youtube for more natural wine portraits like this