Producer: Raventós i Blanc                                          

Region: Catalonia (Penedés – Conca del Riu Anoia)

Bottle: 75 cl     

Grape varieties: Macabeu, Xarelo, Parellada and a small proportion of Malvasia de Sitges

Type: Quality Sparkling Wine Brut

Alcohol Content: 12% Vol

Serving Temperature: 6º–8º 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. Slowly press at low pressure. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature, with a second fermentation in bottle. Ageing in rima for a minimum of 15 months. Reducing sugar: 8.5 g/L.

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

THE WINERY

Raventós i Blanc, a producer of top-quality cava with a well-deserved reputation for elegant, well-conceived white wines, comprises a 90-ha estate vineyard, woods, and a lake in Sant Sadurní 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, direct descendants. At the end of 2012, in order to better understand and convey the viticultural traditions in terms of soil and climate, they took the decision to leave the Cava Appellation and adopt a new, uncertified designation to classify their wines: "Conca del Riu Anoia", the name for a small geographical area around the Anoia River Valley in eastern Penedès.