It is a rustic variety, native from the Penedès region in Catalonia (EU), drought resistant and with uniform development.

Its former presence is also evident in the number of different names in Catalan dialects: sumoi, chimoi, saumoll, somoi, sumoy, ximoll, somoll, ximoy, xemoll, among others.

[1] The name is related to the local slang term sumollar, which means maturing or withering, from the Latin verb submolliare.

[2] The entrance to the European Union in 1986 accelerated discredit of local varieties, which were not considered able to make good & competitive wines.

[4] The Sumoll is one of the varieties referred by the following DOs (regional certificate of origin authorities), Catalunya, Pla de Bages, Tarragona.