Producer: Raventós I Blanc                                          

Region:  Catalonia (Penedés – Conca del Riu Anoia)

Bottle: 75cl     

Grape Varieties:  43% Macabeu, 35% Xarelo and 20% Parellada.

Type:  Quality Sparkling Wine Brut

Alcohol Content:  12%

Serving Temperature:  6º - 8ª C.

Production: A blend of the traditional Cava varieties sourced from 20 – 40 year-old vines.  Eco-friendly viticulture. Hand harvested and quickly transferred to the presses by gravity. Slow pressing at low pressure. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature with a second fermentation in bottle. Ageing in stack’s for a minimum of 15 months. Reducing Sugar: 8,5g/L.

Raventós i Blanc a producer of top quality cava with a well deserved reputation for elegant, well conceived white wines, comprises of a estate of 90 ha. of vineyards, woods and a lake in Sant Sadurni d’Anoia that have belonged to the Raventós family since 1497. The winery was founded in 1986 by Josep-Maria Raventos a member of the Codorniu family, after abandoning the presidency of the big Firm Codorniu he set up his new independent, much smaller and quality orientated winery. Today the operation is run by his own son and grandson, his direct descendents and who  at the end of 2012 took the decision to leave the Cava Appellation to adopt a new and un-certified designation to classify its wines: “Conca del Riu Anoia”, the name for a small geographical area around de Anoia River Valley in eastern Penedès, in order to better understand and convey the viticultural traditions in terms of soil and climate.  www.raventos.com

Note:  Best consumed up to 12 – 18 months after disgorgement date.