vinya escude cava macabeo brut nature reserva sparkling wine penedesWhite flowers. Bakery. Limestone. Old vines, 326 m. Bone dry precision. Single parcel Macabeo from Sant Quint spends 20 months on its lees before release, so the mousse is steady and fine. Bone dry, it shows white pear over chalk and a hint of bakery doughsmart for oysters or a first toast. Vinya Escud farms a single Macabeo parcel at 326 m in Sant Quint de Mediona, planted decades ago and now run organically by the Lluch family. The wine ferments for