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2021 Pepe Raventós, Xarel-lo de la Vinya del Noguer Alt
£32.00
100% Xarello, certified organic and farmed biodynamically. All vineyard work is done by hand with the help of some horses. From a single 1.48-ha vineyard on calcareous soils, planted in 1970. Spontaneous fermentation in amphora and ceramic vessels, unfined, unfiltered.
“Much deeper gold than the 2019, slightly less cloudy. Smells like lemon curd and primroses on rustic rye-flour bread. The occasional puff of cigar smoke. More intensity of fruit than the 2019 (tasted alongside), and the fruit tastes of nectarines, leans towards pineapple and kiwi, then red cherry. But still with that stinging sea-spray salinity. Through the glittering angles of acidity, the wine spins slow-circle into roundness. There is extraordinary tension between generosity and juice of fruit and the fierce drive of minerality. The finish is like licking Himalayan salt crystals and coarse-ground black pepper. It’s basically impossible to spit.”
18/20 Tamlyn Currin for Jancis Robinson MW
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Product Description
“This is the project of my dreams” explains Pepe Raventós, when discussing his eponymous ‘garage’ wines, Vins Pepe Raventós. “They are the kind of wines that talk straight to your soul.”
Separate from his family business, Pepe experiments with micro-vinifications from four plots on the Raventós estate. Each vineyard is under two hectares in size and planted with the old, indigenous varieties Xarel·lo and Bastard Negre. He aims to produce authentic wines, with a singular purity, using ancestral farming practices and traditional winemaking techniques. Each vineyard is harvested and vinified separately, using a minimal intervention approach to express each site in the most unmediated way possible.
The grapes for this wine are sourced from the Vinya del Noguer site, located just above the Mas del Serral. This 2.10 hectares plot was planted with Xarello in 1970. The gobelet trained vines grow on very poor clay and limestone soils resulting in low yields and concentrated flavours. This vineyard is farmed biodynamically using Pepe’s own preparations and compost from the family farm. Cover crops and horses are employed where possible to reduce the impact on the soil.
Additional Information
| ABV | 12.5% |
|---|---|
| Bottle Size | Bottle 75cl |
| Colour | White |
| Country | Spain |
| Critic Score | 18/20 |
| Drink until | 2030 |
| Style | Still |
| Sweetness | Dry |
| Vintage | 2021 |
