Pares Balta Wine Tasting & Tapas - $75

Tue, Oct 29

Tickets include small "tapas" snacks by Hiraeth's chefs and a tasting of 5 wines by esteemed Spanish Vineyard, Pares Balta. All wines will be available for purchase after the tasting. Join us for this special, one-of-a-kind evening. All 5 wines listed below: Pares Balta 2016 Blanca Cusine -Xarello, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay In Blanca Cusiné cava, the traditional xarel·lo variety is reunited with two historic varieties in the world of sparkling wines, chardonnay and pinot noir. All of them take on their own nuances due to the influence of the climate and the terroir of the Penedès mountains, in our Les Valls estate. The pinot noir is vinified as “blanc de noirs” offering us a sparkling wine where finesse and elegance speak for themselves. This cava is a tribute to the women at Parés Baltà, especially to the youngest daughter of Joan Cusiné and winemaker María Elena, Blanca, born in 2002 just like the first vintage of this emblematic cava that speaks to us of the importance of details and the value of family. 2022 Cosmic Blend -85% Xarello, 15% Sauvignon Blanc The freshest and most perfumed organic xarel·lo wine Within the vineyards located on our Les Valls-Les Torres estate, at an altitude of 600m above sea level and within a Natural Park, grow grapes of the native xarel-lo variety, the flagship variety of the Penedès. With these grapes we make the organic white wine Cosmic. Our freshest and most perfumed xarel-lo thanks to its coupage of the Sauvignon blanc variety, which gives it freshness, creating a perfect balance between the two varieties. The name of this wine, Cosmic, is a tribute to the biodynamic viticulture that we have been practising in our vineyards since 2012, an agriculture based on a holistic, systemic and pure vision of agriculture in which, among other influences, the moon, stars and planets are taken into account. 2022 Honeymoon -100% Parellada Honeymoon honours its origins, the honeymoon of Joan Cusiné and his wife Maria Àngels Carol, the second generation of the winery. Since then, this young fruity organic wine seduces at first sip with its intensity, aroma and freshness. Today, the Parés Baltà winemakers, María Elena and Marta, are in charge of maintaining and accentuating the aromas in a wine made from grapes grown at Finca Les Torres at an altitude of over 750 metres above sea level. A very cool microclimate that manages to maintain the intense aroma of the grapes until the end of its ripening process. 2022 Neolitic -100% Sumoll Neolitic marks the beginning of an era, the revolution of an ancestral variety, Sumoll, almost forgotten, which we at Parés Baltà recovered in 2014 and which we were able to harvest and make in 2017. This wine preserves all the character of this indigenous variety intact. The unique vinification and ageing process is proof of the concern of our winemakers, Marta and Maria Elena, for experimentation without artifice. The evolution of the wine takes place in different percentages in demijohns, barrels and stainless-steel tanks, and then it is blended together and begins its evolution in the bottle. The name Neoltic (Neolithic), because it is a very old variety of the area. Microvinification. This wine is only made in the best vintages. 2021 Hisenda Miret -100% Grenache Hisenda Miret comes from the old vines planted on the Cal Miret estate. It is an almost extinct Grenache in the Penedès that will captivate you with its attractive elegance and its sweet mouthfeel. The Hisenda Miret wine is the result of the passion and vision of our winemakers, María Elena and Marta. It was they who, in one of their first harvests as winemakers at Parés Baltà, decided to carry out a green harvest in this historic vineyard. Their aim was to achieve a greater concentration of grapes in order to produce an expressive and honest Grenache wine. There was tension in the winery between generations because of the boldness of the young winemakers, but the result was a wine so extraordinary that it proved them right.