Can Sumoi - Xarel-lo 2022

Can Sumoi is the new collaboration between Pepe Raventós and childhood friend Francesc Escala: The 400-hectare estate of Can Sumoi sits at six hundred meters of altitude in the Serra de l’Home range in the Penedès. Its 350-year-old farmhouse and stone walls accommodate thirty hectares of old Montonega, Xarel-lo and Sumoll vines; stands of oak and white pine shade the rest of the surface.

The vines are cultivated on limestone soils in certified-organic fashion and the resulting wines are produced without additives, stabilization or filtration (although no sulfur is added, trace amounts remain in the wines as natural fermentation by-product). They show low alcohol and refreshingly brisk acidity.

100% Xarel-lo fermented with indigenous yeasts in tank. Twice-weekly batonnage for a further 3 months in tank before bottling. No additives; unfined and unfiltered.

"Apple and pear juice nose. Mediterranean herbal quality - wild oregano, wild fennel, lavender. Mulberry and red cherry fruit. Pleasant savoury edge. Hay and camomile with a trickle of chalky mineral acidity and a long almond-cherry Bakewell finish." - 93 Points, Decanter

Producer: Can Sumoi 

Country: Spain

Region: Catalonia

Varietal: Xarel·lo

Appellation: Penedes

Vintage: 2022

Size: 750ml