much like the valley itself
The result is startling: green plum flesh
It's a wine that embodies the producer's belief that great Champagne should reflect not just place
and ages in ancient neutral casks with a patience most modern producers have long abandoned
one of grower Champagne's most revered houses
Can Sumoi, Xarel-lo, 2024 msk_archive much like the valley itselfPepe Ravents i Blanc launched Can Sumoi as a project dedicated to Peneds's indigenous grape varieties Xarello, Sumoll, Garnatxa Blanca farmed naturally and vinified with minimal intervention. Xarello is Peneds's most interesting white grape: aromatic, textured, and capable of real complexity when farmed seriously and not over cropped. The 2024 is immediate and honest bright, herb driven, mineral, and very much its own thing. Natural Peneds from one of