The 2014 Les Cerveres was intensely oaky with smoke, spices, toast and even cereal aromas. The palate was also dominated by oak-related flavors. 1,000 bottles.

The well-oaked and golden-colored 2012 Les Cerveres is also Xarello selected from an older vineyard on chalky soils that fermented and aged in French oak barrels for eight months. It's still very oaky with dominant toasty aromas of smoke and spices. The palate is quite light and also reveals plenty of oak-related flavors. It seems rather light to be able to age for very long in bottle, so you need to find an occasion when you want a young oaky white. Only 1,000 bottles were produced.

The 2011 Les Cerveres is a pure Xarello from a vineyard planted in 1969 on calcareous soils fermented and aged in new French oak barrels for eight months with frequent batonnage. It has a buttery, chalky nose with notes of candied orange peel, cloves and vanilla. The palate is round, with glycerin and good body, balancing acidity and a long finish, ending dry. Drink now-2017. Oriol Rosell is a small family winery created in 1984 around their 80 hectares of vineyards. They produce both Cava and still Penedes wines. 350,000 bottles are produced annually. As you can see they are quite committed to the white Xarello grape. Importer: Estelle Imports, Portland, OR; tel. (503) 505-7100