2018 Vins El Cep Gelida Blanc de Blancs Brut Nature Gran Reserva Cava 750 ml

Vins El Cep Gelida Gran Reserva delivers truly elite sparkling-wine value—its resume reads like a sommelier’s dream. 

Made by a family that’s been growing grapes since the early 1500s, farmed organically and biodynamically, and given a white-glove 40-plus-month treatment on the lees, the 2018 earned 94 points and Editors’ Choice accolades from Wine Enthusiast. It’s got complexity, elegance, and a beautifully lush, toasty finish.

“You’ve gotta lotta nerve thinking you can hang with me.”

We sometimes like to imagine the internal monologues of our bottles—and we know that Vins El Cep’s Gelida Gran Reserva is a world-class trash-talker.

“Sure, you’ve got vowels you don’t pronounce on your label,” it would say to the oceans of Champagne it trounces. “But you only spent two, three years on the lees, TOPS.” 

The Gelida flexes—its proverbial biceps revealing over 40 months en tirage—and goes on: “And your vines?! Replanted in the 90s? Son, don’t you realize that old vines give you character?” 

A pause.

“My roots go back to the 50s! Vines that have an AARP membership!” it would continue. “And they eat right too—organic and Bio-D all day, every day. So get outta here with your conventional farming nonsense.”

“You got a lot of nerve asking $50 for your juice? I’m a man of the people, and I’ll go two-for-one on you all day. Come back around when Enthusiast gives you 94 points or Editors’ Choice. I got both. Boom.”

Mic dropped. Argument over. When it comes to delivering outrageous sparkling value and making no apologies about it, the 2019 Vins El Cep Gelida Gran Reserva talks the talk—and backs it up.