Description

Vins El Cep It was born from the union of four families of viticulturists and four estates. Producers since 1980 of unique high-quality wines and cavas, the expression of their terroirs. Located in the Costers de l'Anoia, in Can Llopart de les Alzines, they are pioneers in organic and biodynamic viticulture.

They strive to achieve the perfect balance between respect for nature and high quality in the cellar. The vines are its heritage, the roots its landscape

Board Characteristics

Store: Own vineyards, in Sant Sadurní de Noia (Barcelona), carry out manual harvesting.
DO Penedés
Add: 2018
Grade: 12%
Variety: 85% Pinot Noir and 15% Chardonnay

Tasting note: Pale yellow color with golden reflections. Fine and persistent bubbles of slow evolution. Frank aromas, which combine citrus, with soft toasts, and brioche. An elegant cava of great minerality that is dense and broad in the mouth, typical of the variety. Saline notes. Balanced and elegant, with a long finish.

Operating temperature: 6-8ºC

Preparation: The very warm autumn that lengthened the period of energy reserves of the vine. The rains allowed to increase the hydric capacity of the soil. The winter was dry and very warm, causing an advanced budding of the strain. The spring was warm and very dry, which caused a loss of production. Specific rains during the month of July and the beginning of August helped the grapes to ripen well. They had a not very productive and good quality harvest with a high acidity for their wines. They began the harvest on August 14 with Pinot Noir and ended on October 2 with Cabernet Sauvignon. Manual harvesting. Chilled from the grape. Gravity entry. Low pressure pressing with a 30% flower must extraction. Fermentation in a small tank at a controlled temperature. Only 5000 liters of this wine are made. Aging for more than 48 months

Pairing: seafood, fish, foie gras.

At Made in Spain Gourmet we believe that it is excellent with Mediterranean rice dishes such as those from the Dehesa de la Albufera (seafood paellas, soupy rice dishes) 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 in a sustainable way using renewable energies, respecting the environment in the vineyard and in the winery as much as possible.

They watch to improve water management, waste reduction and energy efficiency, and invest so that everything works with photovoltaic energy.

Their way

The Carreras, Esteve, Masana and Parera families had centuries of experience, with a deep-rooted agricultural tradition and in the tradition of making wine in their country houses. Thus, in 1980 they started a joint project to produce wines and cavas that represent the identity of our terroirs.

Can Llopart de les Alzines, a farm dating from 1499 and surrounded by vineyards, was the place chosen to build his winery.

The soul of his 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, based on their vocation, knowledge and love for the land, have been able to lead it up to now.

Biodynamic: Pioneers and convinced

Throughout its history, each generation has contributed its grain of sand, its advances, but also the wisdom of knowing how to see and reflect. The experience that this direct contact with the land gives them led them, in 2000, to direct their agriculture towards organic farming.

Shortly after, with the concern to continue improving at all levels, they decided to go a step further and apply biodynamic agriculture. Although at that time it was a type of agriculture quite unknown in our country, the results spoke for themselves and they decided to bet on it. And they will continue betting.

Vins El Cep It has been born and has grown in this landscape of vineyards and forests that impregnate 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 They establish a natural balance.

Observation, effort and conviction have led them, from 2003 to the present, to continue working in this direction, struggling to achieve the perfect balance between respect for nature and high quality in the winery. His Claror cava, the world's first biodynamic cava, is an example of his work.

It is known that the path of wine begins in the vineyard. The personality, the feeling, the expression of its wines only make sense if the vineyard is more alive every day. The vines are its heritage, the roots its landscape.

terroirs and places

Thousands of years ago these lands were part of the seabed and in fact more than 500 years ago there were already vineyards.

Its vineyards are, to a large extent, old vines located in Costers de l'Anoia and located between the municipalities of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Gelida and Sant Llorenç. Vineyards with a marked character, a quality that is needed to obtain their terroir wines.

The grape grows between gently undulating slopes, crossed by deep streams and a typically Mediterranean climate: moderately hot and dry summers, mild winters and irregular rainfall. To the autochthonous varieties, which are the ones that occupy a large part of its vineyards, such as Macabeo, Xarel·lo, Parellada and Tempranillo, others such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot or Syrah are added, which allow them to find balance in the coupages.

The roots, moderately deep, are hooked into a loam-clay-silt soil, well structured, porous and active at the level of fauna. Thanks to the ecological and biodynamic agriculture that is applied, ants, worms and all kinds of organisms live and develop, promoting the necessary natural balance.

Commitment

They are a sustainable, responsible and efficient winery.

They work every day to fulfill their commitment to the landscape. They work sustainably with renewable energy, fully respecting the environment in the vineyard and in the winery.

They watch to improve water management, waste reduction and energy efficiency. They invest to work with photovoltaic energy.

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Experience and Passion

Two generations combine experience and tradition with passion and new bets. Strict control, technology and the right coupage are the key to the success of their wines and cavas.

Winemaking

The location of the winery, next to its vineyards, means that the grapes arrive in the best conditions. This grape is pressed with gentle pressure to extract the most noble fraction of the must, a maximum of 50%, this guarantees the highest quality of its wines. In small tanks, and strict control during fermentation, we vinify each variety separately according to the vineyard from which it comes to personalize each of the wines they will obtain.

Aged for

Inside the cellars, protected from light, with constant humidity and low temperatures, their bottles rest. Only with these optimal conditions and long aging is it possible, year after year, to transform the grape into an exceptional cava. The long aging contributes the complexity of the bouquet, the finesse and the integration of the carbonic content of its reserve and gran reserve cavas.

Printing

During the first months of the year, when the temperatures are lower, they bottle their wines and cavas. Under these conditions, a slow fermentation takes place in the bottle to obtain the best aromas and some fine bubbles that will be combined to start the long aging process. The selected yeasts will give complexity and character to your cavas.

Additional Information

Weight :	1,8 kg
Format	is a Wine Connaisseur

Information about Vins El Cep

Can Llopart de les Alzines is a farm dating from 1499, surrounded by the vineyards where our grapes come from and the place chosen to build the Vins El Cep winery.

The Carreras, Esteve, Masana and Parera families had already established bonds in the past, beyond the neighborhood and friendship. All had a centuries-old experience in agriculture and in the tradition of making wine at home.

In 1980 they started a joint project to make wines and cavas that would represent the identity of their terroirs.

Today, these terroirs are cultivated following the principles of organic and biodynamic agriculture, where the earth, plants, animals and man work together to improve and preserve the natural balance of the ecosystem.

Back in the 70s in the world of wine a stage closed: the production process was modernized, the world of cava experienced great growth and the DO Penedès flourished strongly. New times that require new practices. New practices that require new facilities. A new philosophy and a new generation that must face these new challenges.

Gil Masana, Josep Carreras, Pere Parera and Josep Esteve belong to families with a deep-rooted agricultural tradition. They were neighbors, friends and decided to become partners. In this new scenario, they joined forces, land and knowledge to start a risky but exciting project.

In the 80s, with clear ideas and the necessary energy, Vins El Cep was born. The souls of that project were and will always be, those four friends who, based on their vocation, knowledge and love for the land, knew how to lead it to where we are now. They had the grapes and over the years they knew how to refine both in the vineyard and in the winery, to obtain wines of great quality and expression.

Vins El Cep was born and grew up in this landscape of vineyards and forests that infuse character. They love the earth 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 begins here, in the soil, in the strains, in the plants and animals that live in the same ecosystem, they understand each other and establish a natural balance.

Observation, effort and conviction have led us, from 2003 to the present, to continue working in that direction, striving to achieve the perfect balance between respect for nature and high quality in the winery. Our Claror cava, the world's first biodynamic cava, is an example of our work.

It is known that the path of wine begins in the vineyard. The personality, the feeling, the expression of our wines only make sense if the vineyard is more alive every day.

Currently Maite Esteve, from the Esteve family, is the one who manages the winery, and with her international vision the brand is in more than 50 countries.

1 valuation MIM Natura Blanc de Noirs Gran Reserva, biodynamic, Vins El Cep

Rated with 5 5
Israel Romero - 07/06/2022
Another of the magnificent premium cavas from Penedés. Ideal fresh with fish or crackers with acorn-fed ham