EAST COAST PALATE

So after my first sabrage I still needed to evaluate the wine.  I'm not sure if the manner in which I opened the bottle affected the wine's effervescence, but this bubbly has very sparse sparkling action.  It could almost pass for a still white wine.
This Cava has some nice aromas of apple, lemon and pear.  But there is an off burnt smell lurking beneath the yeasty aromas.  This comes through in the taste as a slightly bitter flavor.  It still has some toasty components, and a little lemon zest and peach fuzz flavors that I enjoy.  For me it is an 84 point, B Cava, but it will always be a good inexpensive bubbly... perfect for making mimosas or bellinis.  This is a good bottle to start a meal during the middle of the week, or to start brunch on the weekend.

I am a fan of sparkling wine, regardless of the climate or what hors d'oeuvres are being served.  Sparkling wine doesn't need an occasion...it is  an occasion.  This bottle that I just bought at Adega Wine Cellars down in Silver Spring has got me pretty excited.  I'm a glass in, and the aromas and flavors are still evolving.
The wine:  Conde de Subirats, Cava Brut (NV) weighs in at a light 11.5%.  There are green apple and lemon zest scents mingled with a sweaty, baking bread aroma that all together transported me back to when I was 19 in Strasbourg, France during the marché de noel eating madeleines and drinking hot wine composed of white wine and orange juice mixed with mulling spices.
Anyway, minus the spices, this wine is very sugar cookie like, and that first sip starts out creamy.  Then pear and lemon flavors emerge.  Suddenly you pucker and the tartness of a Granny Smith apple takes over your tongue.  And then the smooth, sweet, yellow Skittle finish comes on and doesn't seem to go away.
I like this wine a lot; it gets an A from my palate without a doubt, especially at $15.