Sumoll
Ancestral 2022
Tiques - Joan Rubio

Grape Variety: Sumoll

Producer: Tiques (Joan Rubió)

Region: Penedès, Catalunya, Spain

Wild Scale: 2/5

11% alcohol

Winemaking: Biodynamic Sumoll grapes were harvested by hand. Fermentation with indigenous yeast. The wine was bottled before fermentation was complete in order to create fizz inside the bottle (ancestral winemaking technique). No added sulphur.

This Wine: Sparkling pink wine made with in the Ancestral method (Pet Nat) with the Catalan indigenous grape variety, Sumoll. As with all of Joan's wines, you can expect an elegant and precise bottle. Red berries are complimented with plenty of the bready and brioche notes normally associated more with the Champagne style.

Notes on the Winemaker: Joan Rubió has a reputation as the 'master of Xarel Lo' and it is fully deserved. He spent years working for arguably the finest Cava house Recaredo before setting off on his solo adventure Tiques. He is an expert on biodynamic farming and teaches these practices to many other winemakers in the region. His wines are rich and precise and could even be mistaken for premium white Burgundy.