Masia Pubill Catalunya Tradició Macabeo 2024 750mL

SPAIN : CATALONIA

Macabeo

MED-BODIED, GREEN APPLE, PEAR, LEMON, BRUISED APPLE SKIN, NO OAK

Macabeo is the grape most people have drunk without knowing it — the backbone of Cava, and, as Viura, of white Rioja. Bottled still and unoaked like this, it gives orchard fruit and a citrus edge on a light 11% frame, and not much else. The restraint is the point.

Masia Pubill comes out of Cellers Unió, a federation of village cooperatives based in Reus, south of Tarragona, pooling fruit from member growers across Catalonia. Grower-owned rather than négociant, which is uncommon this far down the price list. Decanter's February 2026 Spanish Viura/Macabeo panel tasted the 2024 blind alongside aged Rioja and single-vineyard Priorat whites, and called it fresh and clean, with lemony lift and green apple.

Screwcap, serve cold, drink it this year.

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