Raventos i Blanc Conca del Riu Anoia Brut Textures de Pedra 2021 PET-NAT An exceptional calvados

An exceptional calvados

Petit Meslier

sitting cheek-by-jowl with the 1er Crus

The wines tend to be vertical and linear where neighbors are broad

and a cool summer kept everything in classical proportion

Raventos i Blanc Conca del Riu Anoia Brut Textures de Pedra 2021 PET-NAT An exceptional calvadosWhen Ravents i Blanc broke with Cava in 2012 to establish their own appellation, the goal was to make sparkling wine that could speak about specific places and Textures de Pedra is the clearest expression of that idea. Sourced entirely from the Vinya Ms Alta, the highest, stoniest plot on the estate, this is a vintage cuve built on local red grapes: Xarello Vermell (a pink skinned mutation) and the high acid, almost Nebbiolo like Sumoll. There's