One of the oldest wine companies in Catalonia - its activity is documented since 1312 - Mestres remains in the elite of the highest quality cava producers.
Mestres' first documents as wine négociant are dated from 1312. We still have documents dated 1567 from Mestres. In 1607, we find documents as vine growers and owners showing the vineyard: "Heretat Mas Coquet". In the 1600s, they started building the actual winery in Sant Sadurni d'An...
They have always used the traditional grapes of their terroir, Xarel.lo, Parellada and Macabeu, all of them, hand harvested on their own 74 acres of vineyards situated at 680 feet above sea level, some of the oldest vineyards in the area.
To protect their patrimony, no insecticides or herbicides are used at the vineyard and pruning is carried out to reduce their vigor, therefore producing grapes of greater ripeness and intensity.
Today, they still use traditional methods taught by their ancestors including long aging in caves, the youngest of their wines aged 20 months in the cave. All of the wines in their cellar are Reserva or Gran Reserva.
Wines are left to be full and rich and aged completely - the wines undergo a natural stabilization process during their long aging, so that the crystals, which form, can then be "dégorge" along with the yeasts. This is why 100%...
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