Raventos I Blanc, Manuel Raventos Negra Brut Vintage:2011 " says Jim Clendenen

" says Jim Clendenen

granite soils around the village of Lesquerde

This too has enough sulfur on the nose to mask the underlying fruit

but that is not going to happen anytime soon

The 2021 Pinot Noir Paul Gerrie Vineyard was fermented with 40% whole clusters

Raventos I Blanc, Manuel Raventos Negra Brut Vintage:2011 " says Jim ClendenenI tasted the 2011 Manuel Ravents Negra from a regular bottle and from a magnum. This is Manuel Ravents Negra's personal selection of the best wines from each given vintage made the way he learned to do it, tasting and blending, and therefore, the wine is different from year to year. In this warm and Mediterranean 2011, it was 100% Xarello from the north facing plot they call Clos, which is cooler and has a slower ripening of the grapes, which results