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Earth
Acid
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Minerality
Notes from Skurnik Wines:
The 400-hectare estate of Can Sumoi sits at six hundred meters of altitude in the Serra de l’Home range in the Penedès. Its 350-year-old farmhouse and stone walls accommodate thirty hectares of old Montonega, Xarel-lo and Sumoll vines; stands of oak and white pine shade the rest of the surface. The vines are cultivated on limestone soils in certified-organic fashion and the resulting wines are produced without additives, stabilization or filtration, and minimal added sulphur. They show low alcohol and refreshingly brisk acidity. We begin with a still white Xarel-lo and two ancestral-method sparklers: one white from Montònega and a delicious rosé of Sumoll.
Country
Spain
Sub-Region
Penedès D.O.
Region
Catalonia
Varieties
Sumoll, Xarel-lo, Parellada
Farming
Biodynamic
Soil
Chalk, Granite
Winemaking
Harvested in small bins and macerated on the skins for four hours. Primary fermentation with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks for 15 days. This was followed by spontaneous malolactic fermentation.