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The wines of Can Sumoi are high-altitude, low intervention expressions from biodynamically grown ancestral Spanish varieties. Found in mountainous Penedès, the project is a collaboration between childhood friends Francesc Escala and Pepe Raventós, who hails from one of the region’s leading viticultural families – with a vine growing history stretching back to 1497!

Can Sumoi is going from strength to strength, and they’ve once again been recognised as ‘one of the Top 100 wineries in the world’ by US wine magazine, Wine & Spirits. Perfect for summer, their 2023 Garnatxa Blanca is bright and pure with notes of pear and lemon blossom, ‘like holding a pearl in your mouth’, says JancisRobinson.com. The beautiful 2023 La Rosa is Provençale in style. It's a ‘vibrant and vivid’ (Vinous) pale-pink rosado, made up of a blend of Sumoll – a red grape variety – and Xarel·lo, a local white variety.

Finally, last year’s best-seller from the bodega is back. The Xarel·lo from 2023 is made from 50-year old vines, matured mostly in concrete and stainless steel. It’s light, clean and fresh with white flowers, lime, bay leaf and fennel aromatics. ‘Long, introvert and so understated it's a statement. Super-elegant’ (JancisRobinson.com).

To hone his skills, Pepe Raventós – the Prince of Penedès – worked across Europe with the likes of Hubert Lamy in Burgundy and Didier Dagueneau in the Loire. ‘It gave me the understanding that the critical aspect of winemaking (especially when you believe your wines can be very grand and age very well) is first the vineyard, second, the vineyard and third, the vineyard.’

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Tasting notes

Can Sumoi Garnatxa Blanca 2023

'Golden pears, quarry dust, lemon zest, summer hay meadow. There is a lucid, uplit brightness to the fruit, as if the stone spine is glowing pearly white with early-morning light. The acidity is soft but definitive, brushed with a hazy, early-spring lime green. Beautiful structure and texture. Like holding a pearl in your mouth.' – Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com, 17/20

Can Sumoi La Rosa 2023

'The 2023 La Rosa blends 60% Sumoll and 40% Xarel·lo from Penedès. Fermented with native yeast, this Provençal-like Rosé offers white pepper and leafy notes with a pristine sour cherry core. Dry and savory, the 2023 is vibrant and vivid.' – Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous, 90/100

Can Sumoi Xarel.lo 2023

'The 2023 Xarel.lo was produced with grapes from 50-year-old vines at 300 meters in altitude on the property, fermented in stainless steel and matured mostly in stainless steel and 20% in concrete for four months with the lees. It has 12.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.25. It's varietal, light, fresh and very balsamic, with intense notes of camphor, bay leaf and even mint, medicinal and pungent. It has a clean and bright color denoting youth and a clean and precise palate with mellow acidity and a bitter twist in the finish. It was bottled in February 2024.' – Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate, 91/100

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