2023 Garnatxa Blanca, Can Sumoi

• Style: Bright, mineral, floral white
• Taste: Grapefruit, white stone fruit, herbaceous snap, crisp acidity
• Food: Shellfish, grilled fish, white beans, goat’s cheese, spicy Asian
• Occasion: Aperitivo, weeknight, summer drinking, Sunday lunch
• Serve: Chilled, 12.5% ABV, bone dry

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Mountain-grown Garnatxa Blanca arrives bright and crystalline, with grapefruit and white stone fruit leading into herbaceous flourish. The palate stays linear and alive, driven by mouth-watering acidity that keeps each sip tense and clean. White flowers drift across the nose; the structure sits weightless at 12.5% ABV yet carries serious food-friendliness. This is a wine that tastes of its place — high mountain air captured in stainless steel.

The Winery — Can Sumoi

Pepe Raventós and Francesc Escala, childhood friends united by a shared dream, discovered a derelict seventeenth-century finca high in the mountains of west Penedès in 2016. Since then, their revival has become a labour of love, transforming 400 hectares into a haven for biodynamic viticulture at 600 metres above sea level. The two small Garnatxa Blanca parcels were identified only in 2022, hand-picked and destemmed before gentle pressing. Cool fermentation in stainless steel with indigenous yeast over 27 days preserves the vintage's character — the 2023 saw extreme heat and drought that slashed yields, concentrating every molecule. Minimal sulphites and organic practice define the cellar; the wine spent just weeks in tank before December bottling, retaining its fresh-picked immediacy.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Serve chilled as an aperitivo or alongside shellfish, grilled white fish, and white-bean soups. The herbaceous snap and crisp acidity sing with goat's cheese and light salads; spicy Asian cuisine finds a natural partner in its mineral frame. Weeknight simplicity or Sunday lunch elegance — this organic, vegan-friendly expression of Grenache Blanc & Roussanne's Mediterranean identity sits at the heart of our Penedès selection as a gateway to what altitude and mindful viticulture coax from this corner of Spain. Natural cork, 75cl. A wine to return to, again and again.