Can Sumoi Xarel-Lo 2024

Can Sumoi is the high altitude and low intervention project from Pepe Raventós of the celebrated Raventós i Blanc winery. Can Sumoi focus entirely on still wine and mono-varietal ancestral method sparklers made from Indigenous mountaintop varieties? The stunning 400-hectare estate of Can Sumoi sits at over six hundred meters of altitude in the Serra de l’Home mountain range in Spain’s northeastern Penedès region. Its 350-year-old farmhouse and stone walls encompass thirty hectares of old-vine Montonega, Xarel-lo, Garnatxa (Blanco and Negre), and Sumoll. The vines are cultivated on limestone soils in certified organic, and the resulting wines are produced without additives, stabilization, or filtration, alongside minimal or zero sulfur additions. 

100% Xarel-lo • sourced from 45-85 year-old vines on poor clay-limestone soil at 400m altitude • Fermented with Indigenous yeasts in 20% concrete and 80% tank • aged four months on the lees • minimal sulfur at bottling (< 30mg/L) • Certified Organic (CCPAE)

Clean, fresh, and electric, the Can Sumoi Xarel.lo speaks to the wild landscape from which it is grown with aromas of herbs such as fennel and thyme. The fruit flavors teeter on underripe to perfect apples with clean acidity and a hint of salinity.