11.5% alc.
Production: 1,100 bottles (75 cl.)
Degorging: April, 2026
Grape: Palomino Fino
The first contacts between Eduardo Ojeda and Jesús Barquín with Sergi Colet occurred in 2003, and between 2005 and 2006 we began to seriously consider the possibility of collaborating to produce sparkling wines in the Marco de Jerez. The starting point was the confirmation of certain structural similarities between champagnes and sherries under flor: vineyards on white and limestone soils, more mineral than aromatic profile of the base must, importance of a second intervention of yeasts in the production process, etc. The work developed over several years allowed the first two editions to be launched in 2010, 2007 and 2006, of Colet Navazos (orange label) and Colet Navazos Reserva (green label), two wines that since then have not failed a single vintage on the market.
The difficulty of an even earlier harvest, combined with the lack of machinery and, above all, of expert labor in the production of sparkling wines, once forced us to give up entirely producing our sparkling wines in the Marco, but in 2013 a unique opportunity arose. It was a complicated vintage in the Marco, in which the grapes had a hard time reaching grade, especially in the coastal areas, so at the end of the harvest we found a must (read “fermented wine”) from “our” old vines in Sanlúcar with a graduation of 10.8% alc., ideal as a base for a second fermentation and its conversion into sparkling wine of quality. At the beginning of 2014 we sent a small container to Sergi and by March we already had almost fourteen hundred bottles of this Navazos Colet 2013 P.F. Brut Nature resting in its cellars.
During twelve years, we regularly tasted the wine, which was gaining substance and nuances over time. Beyond the rarity, it is a great wine, with all the character of the Miraflores la Baja vineyard from which it comes, the depth and complexity of the long aging of a Sherry wine and the freshness and liveliness added by the méthode traditionnelle. Its graduation is 11.5% alc. and both the production process and the analytical data are those of so-called natural wines. This is a Brut Nature in the strictest terms: there is no expedition liquor, but rather bottles of the same wine have been used to replace what was lost in the disgorgement. Finally, we have been able to label just over 1,100 units that we have had to allocate almost in dribs and drabs.