Can Sumoi - Xarel-lo 2023 750ml (12.5% abv)

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.

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drinks like Spanish Sancerre, Clean, fresh and electric, speaks to the wild landscape from which it is grown with aromas of herbs such as fennel and thyme, underripe apples with clean acidity and a hint of salinity.  pear, green apple and herbs. Flowing with balanced acidity, it juxtaposes an ethereal mouthfeel against ample concentration—a unique and tasty white

Vinous 92 pts  /  Wine Advocate 91 pts

sourced from 45-85 year-old vines on poor clay-limestone soil at 400m altitude 

hand picked from 3 plots  La Costa, El Masot, and El Tòfol

 It has 12.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.25.

region: Penedes, Spain

varietal: Xarel-lo

style: crisp white

farming/cellar: practicing biodynamic, certified organic, hand picked, Fermented with indigenous yeasts in 20% concrete and 80% tank for 16 days • aged four months on the lees with twice weekly batonnage • malo occurs minimal sulfur at bottling (< 30mg/L) unfined unfiltered • Certified Organic (CCPAE) and  vegan

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