Underdog Grape · Spain

Sumoll

Pronounced soo-MOY

Catalonia spent forty years pulling Sumoll out of the ground. The growers who kept it now make one of Spain's most convincing answers to Pinot Noir.

Tasting profile
Pale in the glass and sharp on the tongue: tart cherry, red currant, and a mineral streak that reads more like cool-climate France than sunny Spain.
Where it grows
Penedès, Spain
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Where to buy
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The region

Penedès, Catalonia, Spain

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Sumoll: common questions

How do you pronounce Sumoll?
Sumoll is pronounced soo-MOY.
Where does Sumoll come from?
Sumoll grows in Penedès, Catalonia, Spain.
What does Sumoll taste like?
Expect tart cherry, red currant, wild herbs, wet stone. Closest familiar reference: A pale, high-acid light red you should chill — where a village Pinot Noir or a serious Gamay lives.
Read the deep diveSumoll: Catalonia's Reclaimed Light Red

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