{"title":"Can Sumoi","description":"Catalunya's sparkling wine industry, best known for Cava, has undergone a whirlwind of development and drama in the last two decades. There is no better master of the craft to help us navigate this fascinating region than Pepe Raventós. Raventós i Blanc has one of the longest documented winegrowing traditions in the world—the estate, now 44 biodynamically farmed acres, has belonged to the Raventós family since 1497. In this masterclass, Pepe will guide us to a deeper understanding of his benchmark sparkling wines and his home region. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePepe has been harvesting grapes in San Sadurní in Catalunya’s Penedès Valley since he was a small boy, and running his family company full-time since 2001. Trained in oenology at the Complutense University of Madrid, he’s worked in Saint Émilion, Pouilly Fumé (with the late Didier Dagueneau), Saint Aubin (with Olivier Lamy), the Nahe (with Harald Hexamer), and Alsace (with Philippe Blanc). His wines, largely traditional-method sparklers, have become an international reference point for both quality and vision by bringing animals, plants and people together into a single, respectful agricultural whole.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 2012, Pepe famously decided to leave the Cava appellation that his forebears had been instrumental in founding, creating in the process the hyper-specific Conca del Riu Anoia designation for his wines. Most recently, he’s been recuperating the old, high-altitude, forest-encircled vineyards of Can Sumoi, a 17th-century mountaintop property from which he makes minimal-additive wines under their own label.","products":[{"product_id":"can-sumoi-vino-espumoso-extra-brut-muntanya-2024-750ml","title":"Can Sumoi Vino Espumoso Extra Brut Muntanya 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuntanya means mountain in Catalan, and this is Can Sumoi's traditional-method sparkler from the heights of the Massis del Montmell. Pepe Raventos and Francesc Escala farm the estate organically and biodynamically at 600 meters, well above the heat of the Penedes valley floor. The blend is roughly half Macabeu and half Xarel-lo, fermented spontaneously, aged about ten months on the lees in bottle, and finished with no additions of any kind. The result has Cava's structural backbone but none of its industrial polish: lightly creamy, briskly mineral, and dry to the bone. Call it Cava's wilder, more interesting cousin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skurnik Wines West [SWW]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42385488936995,"sku":"SF-1-SWW--043026-35","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Can-Sumoi-Vino-Espumoso-Extra-Brut-Muntanya-2024-Sparkling-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1777589775"},{"product_id":"can-sumoi-garnatxa-blanca-2024-750ml","title":"Can Sumoi Garnatxa Blanca 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan Sumoi is Pepe Raventos's mountain project in the Penedes, a collaboration with childhood friend Francesc Escala on a 1645 farmhouse perched at 600 meters in the Massis del Montmell. Everything here is organic and biodynamic, with native varieties and minimal intervention in the cellar. This Garnatxa Blanca comes from two plots of 25- to 60-year-old vines on calcareous soils, hand-harvested and pressed under inert gas with no sulfites added at crush. Fermentation happens spontaneously in stainless tanks. The wine is unburdened by oak, full of altitude-driven freshness, and a beautiful counter-argument to the idea that Garnacha Blanca has to be heavy or oxidative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skurnik Wines West [SWW]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42385489068067,"sku":"SF-1-SWW--043026-32","price":25.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0044\/1208\/0163\/files\/Bottle-of-Can-Sumoi-Garnatxa-Blanca-2024-White-Wine-Flatiron-SF.jpg?v=1778194524"}],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/can-sumoi.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}