Vins El Cep is born from the union of four families of winemakers and four estates. Producers since 1980 of unique high-quality wines and cavas, expressing their terroirs. Located in els Costers de l'Anoia, in Can Llopart de les Alzines, they are pioneers in organic and biodynamic viticulture. They fight to achieve the perfect balance between respect for nature and high quality in the winery. The vines are their heritage, the roots their landscape.

Technical Sheet

Winery: Own vineyards, in Sant Sadurní de Noia (Barcelona), manual harvest. D.O. Penedés Degree: 12% Variety: 85% Pinot Noir and 15% Chardonnay Tasting notes: Pale yellow color with golden reflections. Fine and persistent bubbles of slow evolution. Frank aromas, combining citrus, soft toasts, and brioche. An elegant cava with great minerality that shows itself dense and wide on the palate typical of the variety. Saline notes. Balanced and elegant, with a long finish. Service temperature: 6-8ºC Elaboration: The very warm autumn extended the energy reserve period of the vine. The rains allowed to increase the water capacity of the soil. The winter was dry and very warm, causing an advanced sprouting of the vine. Spring was warm and very dry, causing a production loss. Occasional rains during the month of July and early August helped a good grape ripening. They had a low productive and good quality harvest with high acidity for their wines. They began the harvest on August 14th with the Pinot Noir and finished on October 2nd with the Cabernet Sauvignon. Manual harvest. Cooling of the grape. Gravity feed. Pressing at low pressure with a 30% flower must extraction. Fermentation in small tanks at controlled temperature. Only 5000 l of this wine are made. Aging for more than 48 months Pairing: seafood, fish, foie gras. In Made in Spain Gourmet we believe it is excellent with Mediterranean rice dishes such as those from Dehesa de la Albufera (seafood paellas, brothy rices) and fresh pasta with sautéed vegetables or boletus sauces. Vins el Cep is a sustainable, responsible, and efficient winery. They work day by day to fulfill their commitment to the landscape. They work sustainably using renewable energies, respecting the environment to the maximum in the vineyard and in the winery. They strive to improve water management, waste reduction, and energy efficiency, and invest in functioning with photovoltaic energy. Their Path The Carreras, Esteve, Masana, and Parera families had a centuries-old experience, with a rooted agricultural tradition and in the tradition of making wine in their country houses. Thus, in 1980 they started a common project to produce wines and cavas that represent the identity of their terroirs. Can Llopart de les Alzines, a property dating from 1499 and surrounded by vineyards, was chosen to build their winery. The soul of their project were - and always will be - those four friends and neighbors who ended up becoming partners. Gil Masana, Josep Carreras, Pere Parera, and Josep Esteve, who starting from vocation, knowledge, and love for the land knew how to lead it until now. Biodynamic: Pioneers and convinced Throughout their history, each generation has contributed its bit, its advances, but also the success of knowing how to see and reflect. The experience that this direct contact with the land provides led them, in 2000, to steer their agriculture towards organic farming. Shortly thereafter, with the concern to continue improving at all levels, they decided to take a step further and apply biodynamic agriculture. Although at that time it was a fairly unknown type of agriculture in our country, the results spoke for themselves and they decided to bet on it. And they will continue to bet. Vins El Cep has been born and has grown in this landscape of vineyards and forests that imbue character. They love our land and that is why they take care of it, listen to it, and try to understand it in order to act, because they know that everything starts here, in the soil, in the vines, in the plants and animals that coexist in the same ecosystem, understand each other, and establish a natural balance. Observation, effort, and conviction have led