Winemaker Notes
Blanc de Blancs is a sparkling wine marked by the typicity of its place of origin, the Vinya del Llac, a vineyard over 40 years old, which allows Raventos i Blanc to obtain a structured, fresh and complex sparkling wine.
Blend: 50% Xarel·lo, 35% Macabeu, 10% Parellada, 5% Malvasia de Sitge
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Blanc de Blancs has a textbook nose of Mediterranean sparkling with notes of aromatic herbs, dry hay and straw, reflecting the third year of extremely dry conditions in the zone that delivered a small crop that was harvested earlier than ever and resulted in more concentrated wines. It's 50% Xarel.lo, 35% Macabeu, 10% Parellada and 5% Malvasía de Sitges that didn't go through malolactic and refermented and matured in bottle with lees for 18 months. They have access to great grapes (all organic) to produce this wine. It has a vibrant palate with abundant small bubbles and a spark of freshness and is balanced, clean and easy to drink. 200,000 bottles produced. All the bottles have the disgorgement date as a lot number.
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Vinous
The 2023 Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs is composed of 50% Xarel·lo, 35% Macabeu, 10% Parellada and 5% Malvasia de Sitges from Conca del Riu Anoia. It was aged 18 months on the lees. The wine opens with simple aromas of white fruit, light pastry, wafer and a touch of lime. Dry at 4.5 g/l, it offers a palate of tension with a chalky note on the finish.
Representing the topmost expression of a Champagne house, a vintage Champagne is one made from the produce of a single, superior harvest year. Vintage Champagnes account for a mere 5% of total Champagne production and are produced about three times in a decade. Champagne is typically made as a blend of multiple years in order to preserve the house style; these will have non-vintage, or simply, NV on the label. The term, "vintage," as it applies to all wine, simply means a single harvest year.
A superior source of white grapes for the production of Spain’s prized sparkling wine, Cava, the Penedes region is part of Catalunya and sits just south of Barcelona. Medio Penedès is the most productive source of the Cava grapes, Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada. Penedes also grows Garnacha and Tempranillo (here called Ull de Llebre in Catalan), for high quality reds and rosès.