RAVENTOS I BLANC DE LA FINCA 2019

Style: Rocks & Minerals

Pepe Raventos is the 21st generation of Raventos growing grapes in Penedes, a family with a long tradition as vine growers (since 1497) and as producers of bottle-fermented sparkling wines (since 1872). His grandfather left Codorniu because of disagreements in the management of the company, and in 1986 started his small project based on the fruit of his property, as he was the heredero (the heir of the family) of the original vineyard. As Pepe Raventos, who is now in charge of winemaking and the direction of the company, explained, the climate here (Mediterranean) is more apt for less intervention in the vineyards. Raventos is, of course, a very famous name in the Cava world, as it was Josep Raventos Fatjo who in 1872 produced the first sparkling wine in the region. A branch of the Raventos family still owns and runs Codorniu today.  LUIS GUTIERREZ

Earthy and golden, toasty and generous but beautifully edged with a crunchy green apple finish. Mineral, with jasmine, garden weeds, honeysuckle and waxy pollen. A faux sweetness of syrup-soaked gooseberries, pistachio husk, golden bread crust then acidity and maritime minerality. The finish is long and persistent and speaks of ocean floors of eras gone by, as this is a wine of place, and that place is all fossils! TSA IMPORTER

Region: Penedes, SPAIN

Variety: Xarello blend

ABV: 13.5%

Liquor Act 2007. It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of a person under the age of 18 years. Lic No. LIQP770016424

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