This wine is inspired by our landscape and traditions. Thus, it speaks of our history and Mediterranean filiations and blends beautifully the vineyards, the grape varieties (both local and foreign) and a magnificent terroir expression.
The vineyard: Made from 12 different vineyards, either owned by the property (Mas Vilella and Finca Els Camps) or by quality growers of the Baix Penedès area.
Grape Varieties: Ull de Llebre (Tempranillo), (40%) Cabernet Sauvignon (20%), Merlot (20%), Sumoll (10%) and Syrah (10%).
Winemaking: All the grapes were harvested, unloaded, and carefully selected by hand. Tempranillo and Syrah underwent cold-maceration. Fermentation took place inox tanks at a controlled temperature of 25º C, followed by a 12-day vatting period, ageing in small French oak barrels –one, two and three years old– until the wine was bottled in march 2010.
Tasting note: Deep cherry colour of a brilliant intensity and abundant tears and richness. On the nose it shows predominantly red and blackberry notes, and some fine spicy, liquorice, violets and undergrowth nuances. The palate is rich, round, full of expression, with good structure, some ripe, grainy tannins and a fresh, long aftertaste. The Sumoll grape provides both freshness and a lovely ‘rough’ character, while the Syrah affords a more modern, juicy fruit touch.
Label: It symbolizes the rolling vineyards in and around Mas Vilella, a landscape that could be extrapolated to many other singular and beautiful parts of the Baix Penedès region, abundant with vines, olives groves, carob and almond trees, and always with a masia –the typical Catalonian farmhouse–, an old shepherd shack or some dry-stone field enclosures within sight.