{"product_id":"raventos-blanc-de-blancs-brut-2020","title":"Raventos I Blanc 'De la Finca' Brut Nature Espumoso Conca del Riu de Anoia 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e93 points Wine Advocate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe 2022 De La Finca comes exclusively from their own vineyards, 60% Xarel.lo, 30% Macabeu and 10% Parellada, and has the added complexity and nuance from a longer élevage, no less than 30 months in bottle with lees and closed with a cork after refermenting. It's bone dry, not adjusted, and sold as a brut nature. It has a bright, almost fluorescent yellow color and a very expressive nose with notes of yeasts and Mediterranean herbs, subtler, more complex and with smaller, more integrated bubbles and a vibrant, clean and precise palate, super tasty. It comes from the plots on slopes already classified by Pepe Raventós's grandfather. Here, they have lower yields, accentuated by the vintage, which is more marked in the wine, as it's always from the same plots. The whole clusters are pressed, looking for longer aging potential, and fermentation is in concrete, always thinking about a longer-lived wine. It's a generous wine from a generous year. 55,000 bottles and 1,000 magnums were produced. \u003cb\u003eDrink Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2025 - 2031\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePepe Raventós wants to focus on Xarel.lo and Sumoll grapes, but he has also planted one hectare of Malvasía de Sitges. He left the Cava appellation in 2012 because he realized Cava didn't have international prestige. He does not want an appellation of origin, Conca del Riu Anoia, but dreams about an appellation of origin for sparkling wines that pays good prices for the grapes and adds value to the territory, a simple vision with a Burgundian (or Barolo) inspiration where the main value is the region, the valleys, the villages, and the vineyards where growers work. It's a Mediterranean zone, ideal for organic viticulture from ancient times, where grapes at 11% alcohol have a pH of 3.0 and the perfect balance to produce sparkling wines, something his ancestors realized before anyone. And the advantage is that the wines are different, with their own varieties, different from the best sparkling wines from the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith that idea, he has drawn a map of his valley with 720 plots with names, 100 of them owned by large houses and the majority belonging to small grape growers. He doesn't know what the solution is but believes the producers need to be together, not separated as they are now, Corpinnat, Classic Penedès, Cava... He wants to downsize, simplify his portfolio and focus on the specificity of the places. Everything is certified organic. All the back labels show the plots where the grapes come from, and all the bottles have the disgorgement date as a lot number.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003eMay 01, 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penedes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40142707425414,"sku":"AD-raventos-FINCA","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/0338\/0543\/files\/raventosblancfincabottle.png?v=1763966118","url":"https:\/\/www.winesolutions.com\/products\/raventos-blanc-de-blancs-brut-2020","provider":"Wine Solutions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}