Can Sumoi Xarel·lo 2024 is the purest expression of one of the most cherished native Catalan white grape varieties. The new winery for still and natural wines by Raventós i Blanc produces this fantastic single-varietal high-altitude wine, made from recovered vineyards in the Bajo Penedès.
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100% Xarel·lo
Type of bottle
Truncated Conical Bottle
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
Clean, fresh, and harmonious, Can Sumoi Xarel·lo 2024 is one of the single-varietal wines, exclusively featuring native Catalan grapes, with which the newly established winery for natural and still wines of the prestigious family firm Raventós i Blanc made its debut.
The estate where it is located, Can Sumoi, gives its name to this new project. It is an old agricultural farm from 1645, situated in El Montmell (Tarragona), at an altitude of 600 meters. There, under the direction of Pepe Raventós, winemaker and viticulturist, they produce wines that aim to be a true reflection of their origin. They achieve this by reviving the most ancestral rural traditions and rejecting any kind of enological artifice.
Can Sumoi Xarel·lo 2024 was born from the fruit of 50-year-old xarel·lo vines, under recovery, planted in bush form, on clay-limestone soils, and cultivated following the principles of organic viticulture. The production of this unique white wine included its alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks, at controlled temperature and with indigenous yeasts from the vineyard, as well as spontaneous malolactic fermentation with its fine lees, for 3 months with two battonages per week. The result is a wine from the D.O. Penedès, very intense on the nose with aromas of Mediterranean herbs and balsamic notes, and very flavorful, almost saline, on the palate.
The winery
Can Sumoi is the new winery from Raventós i Blanc, exclusively dedicated to the production of natural wines. Born from the growing passion of Pepe Raventós and Francesc Escala for this type of winemaking, the estate, which also gives its name to the project, is located in El Montmell, in the Bajo Penedés, at the foot of the Serra de 'l’Home, in a setting nestled at 600 meters above sea level.
Coinciding with their departure from the D.O. Cava in 2012, the Raventós family discovered this 400-hectare property, which had housed a biodynamic farm since 1645, and chose it to produce their high-altitude natural wines. The raw material comes from 30 hectares of vineyards, planted with the local varieties parellada, xarel·lo, and sumoll, on mineral soils with sediments and marine fossils dating back 113 million years.
In this privileged environment, Pepe Raventós aims to go further. The Catalan winemaker is firmly committed to biodynamic viticulture and naked wines, crafted according to rural traditions, reflecting their origin, without any enological additives.
Coinciding with their departure from the D.O. Cava in 2012, the Raventós family discovered this 400-hectare property, which had housed a biodynamic farm since 1645, and chose it to produce their high-altitude natural wines. The raw material comes from 30 hectares of vineyards, planted with the local varieties parellada, xarel·lo, and sumoll, on mineral soils with sediments and marine fossils dating back 113 million years.
In this privileged environment, Pepe Raventós aims to go further. The Catalan winemaker is firmly committed to biodynamic viticulture and naked wines, crafted according to rural traditions, reflecting their origin, without any enological additives.