The Raventós family has been making wine at their estate since 1497. Twenty-one generations sunk their labors into the 90 hectares of soil. Pepe revolutionized the farming at the estate. He left the Cava appellation that his forbears championed in order to push the Raventós winery in its own direction. The estate has an amazing microclimate with forests, a river, and a lake. Pepe encourages ever greater biodiversity around the vineyards and carries out the farming entirely biodynamically. The vineyards are worked by horse. The idea is to form a system wherein the land, plants, animals, and man together make a single agriculture
of health and vibrancy.

The Mas del Serral comes from a 1.9 hectare north-facing plot, the Clos del Serral. The 79 year-old vines are planted on limestone. Almost entirely Xarel·lo
with a small percentage of Bastard Negre, the vines are gobelet-trained. The harvest is carried out by hand with a careful sorting. The grapes are pressed
whole-bunch and fermented in steel and concrete. The wine ages for 11 months in tank, then receives a liqueur de tirage, and is bottled for its second fermentation. After 100 months on the lees, the wine is disgorged.

It is a lovely bright gold with a fine mousse. The aromas off the wine are of dried grasses and wildflowers. On the palate there is a delicious herbaceousness and a curling, bright acidity, wrapping all about apricots and peaches. The finish is woody and savory and compelling.