Alta Alella is the culmination of a family business project that started in the early 1990’s. Wine entrepreneur and enologist Josep Maria Pujol-Busquets and his wife Cristina Guillén enthusiastically began this winemaking adventure after purchasing the art-deco Can Genis Estate, located in the agricultural part of Serralada de Marina Natural Park between the towns of Alella and Tiana.
In 1991, Alta Alella planted its first vines alongside...
The property has been declared and certified organic from the very beginning where herbicides, pesticides or insecticides are not used.
The estate is just two kilometres away from the Mediterranean Sea and the vineyards are planted on slopes and terraces between 100 and 250m above sea level. The vineyards are grown on Sauló soil, one of the most important elements that determine the wines from Alta Alella. Sauló is an acidic and sandy soil ...
The cellar is specifically designed for microvinifications. The small size of the tanks enable each parcel of land to be fermented separately, thus allowing us to wait until the moment of peak ripeness for each variety and for each plot. All wines are fermented under strict temperature control in stainless steel tanks or new French or American oak barrels.
Whenever possible, the wine is moved by gravity rather than pumps even during macerat...
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