Can Sumoi Garnatxa Sumoll 2023

SPAIN : CATALONIA : PENEDÈSCERTIFIED ORGANIC : Sumoll, GarnatxaMED-BODIED, PIE CHERRY, VIOLET, WET CLAY, MINERAL, NO OAKCan Sumoi is the still-wine project of the Raventós i Blanc family — a Catalan sparkling wine house whose continuous production dates to 1497 — run from a 400-hectare farm on the Massís del Montmell whose origins trace to 1645. The wine is a 50/50 blend of Sumoll and Garnatxa, farmed organically at 600 meters on poor clay-limestone soil. Indigenous yeast, 15 days maceration, 12 months in stainless steel. No oak. Unfined, unfiltered, minimal sulfur.Sumoll is one of Catalonia's nearly-extinct indigenous black varieties — fewer than 100 hectares remain planted across the entire Penedès DO. James Suckling scored the 2023 vintage 92 points: "red cherries with raspberries and blueberries, tile and violets — soft, pleasantly rustic tannins and bright fruit balanced by linear acidity." Decanter added 93: "the intense florality of Garnacha woven into Sumoll's earthiness... Parma violets, petrichor, wet tobacco, plum, bramble."PAIRINGS : Grilled lamb chops with herbs earthy Sumoll minerality was made for lamb; Mediterranean herbs echo the floral and petrichor notes Jamón ibérico or charcuterie salt-cured fat cuts through the tannin; the wine's acidity provides the necessary contrast Aged Manchego crystalline sheep's milk cheese stands up to the wine's minerality without competing

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