2023 Can Sumoi "La Rosa", Penedès, Spain

90 Points, Vinous. 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.

Can Sumoi is the high altitude and low intervention project from Pepe Raventós of the celebrated Raventós i Blanc winery. Can Sumoi follows three pillars of production: organic and biodynamic principles in the vineyards and cellar, the exclusive use of indigenous varieties, many of which were planted 80+ years ago, and vineyards worked entirely by man and animal, no machinery. 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 vines while forests of oak and white pine shade the rest of the property. The vines are cultivated on limestone soils in certified-organic fashion and the resulting wines are produced without additives, stabilization or filtration, alongside minimal or zero additions of sulfur. The wines are tantalizing, low alcohol, refreshing lenses into thoughtful and purposeful coastal/mountain viticulture. All wines are certified organic (CCPAE).