Can Sumoi 2022 Sumoll Garnatxa, Penedes DO

Vintage Notes: The cycle began with a wet autumn. It rained 134mm, which was very important to replenish soil reserves after an extremely dry 2021 vintage.

A cold winter due to the altitude, it was similar to the temperatures of recent years and with little rain, typical of our Mediterranean climate.

Spring started rainy, 174mm, in addition, March and April were cold. Thus they had a late budding and had good moisture in the soil. The plant grows with energy. The pressure of wild fauna is growing, we have had problems with the Roe Deer that has eaten some shoots that with the first treatment of leaf sulfur as a preventive of Powdery Mildew, the Roe Deer has stopped eating shoots.

Dry and hot summer, we started harvesting on September 7 at the farm. Larger and fresher grains thanks to the rains in the Baix Penedès, a very healthy grape, without fungal pressure, but there is a 20-30% loss of production due to the wild pigs.

Vineyard Notes: The estate is planted only with local grapes.

The soils of the estate were developed from copper-colored, ochre and brown material which corresponds to the Montmell Formation, which is made up of sediment formed between 100 and 113 million years ago in the Cretaceous period; there are few soils as ancient as these on the Iberian Peninsula.

Recovery of 20 Ha of vineyard with an average age of 50 years.

Strong commitment to recover native varieties Montenega, Sumoll, Garnatxa and Xarel·lo for all our wines.

Winemaking Notes: Our mission at Can Sumoi is the production of natural high altitude wines with the least intervention in all viticulture and winemaking processes.

Manual harvest and all pressed in the cellar.

Can Sumoi wines are organic, and natural wines with less than 30mg/L of sulfites.

Organic because of the organic viticulture in our vineyards, with manual harvest, all pressed in the winery and only natural yeasts.

Natural due to an elaboration without any oenological additive added during its vinification (no enzymes, no sugars, no jellies, no tannins or copper). Only a minimum quantity of sulfites in bottling when necessary. In Can Sumoi wines -following the recent French Vin Méthode Nature regulations- there are no more than 30mg/L of sulfites in total.

Coupage of two complementary Mediterranean varieties, the Sumoll: wild fruits, rusticity, finesse, electric / acidic; with the Garnatxa: red fruits, roundness, elegance, silky, an excellent blend.