Partida Creus SM Tinto from Tarragona, Catalonia — a 100% Sumoll natural red from the Penedès, with a lovely dank and sappy depth of dark fruit, plenty of Mediterranean spices, a certain freshness prevailing over the variety's thick-skinned potential for heaviness, rounded out nicely by time in barrel without overpowering the wine.
Tasting Notes
Sumoll is a red grape native to Penedès, here given the Partida Creus treatment — which means the wine has life, vibrancy, and is generous with the pleasure factor. Dark, thick-skinned Sumoll is capable of very heavy tannic wines, but here a certain freshness prevails. The fruit has a lovely dank, sappy depth with plenty of spice coming through to finish. A bit of time in barrel rounds it out without overpowering. A delicious, decidedly Mediterranean natural red.
Quick Facts
- Grape: 100% Sumoll (indigenous Catalan red variety)
- Origin: Spain, Tarragona, Catalonia (calcareous clay soils)
- Style: Dry red, natural wine, Sumoll, Mediterranean
- Winemaking: Indigenous yeasts, unfiltered, unfined, no additional sulphites, brief barrel ageing
Food Pairing
Grilled fish, white meats, cheese, and tapas.
Serving
Serve at 14-16°C. Open 15 minutes before serving.
About the Producer
Partida Creus is a natural wine estate in Tarragona, Catalonia, founded by Massimo Marchiori and Antonella Gerosa, farming old vines of indigenous Catalan grape varieties with zero intervention — no sulphites, no filtration, no fining.
