THE VINEYARDS · PENEDÈS · ALT CAMP
I started Sans Domaine without a single vine. Today I farm 7 hectares across four old vineyards between Penedès and Alt Camp, plus one hectare of olive trees. All biodynamic, all picked by hand.
PLOT 01 · 1969The eldest. Xarel·lo planted in 1969 in Sardinyola, a hamlet of Santa Margarida i els Monjos in Alt Penedès. Vines older than most of the people who drink their wine.
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PLOT 02 · 1988Macabeu planted in 1988 in La Bisbal del Penedès, in Baix Penedès, with Arbequina olive trees along the edges. It is the vineyard where I spend most hours, and the one behind this site’s live weather.
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PLOT 03 · 1973 · 1992A vineyard the old way: several grape varieties mixed in the same rows. Xarel·lo, Selma, Malvasia, Parellada and Moneu, planted in 1973 and 1992 in Pla de Manlleu, Alt Camp.
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PLOT 04 · 1987Parellada planted in 1987 in Cabra del Camp, Alt Camp. The westernmost of my vineyards, and the one for bubbles.
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Tap a vineyard: the grapes, the soil, the age of the vines, and the bottle it gives.
PLOT 01 · 1969
Can Branques and Ca la Jane, the eldest: xarel·lo from 1969. Older than most of the people who drink their wine.
* approximate location
PLOT 02 · 1988
Macabeu planted in 1988, in Baix Penedès. Home of Orange25 and MacaVeu — and its olive trees give Branca oil.
PLOT 03 · 1973 · 1992
Several grape varieties mixed in the same rows, the old way. Plus arbequina olive trees for Branca oil.
PLOT 04 · 1987
Parellada planted in 1987, in Alt Camp. Voyage Voyage’s bubbles start here.
* approximate location
In Penedès, limestone; in Alt Camp, clay. Clay holds water, limestone lets it drain: two ways of feeding the vines, two different wines.
Biodynamically, with no synthetic products at all. I protect the vines with horsetail and nettle, trichoderma that I grow myself, and preparations 500 and 501. For two years now I have used almost no copper or sulphur.
I prune in winter, remove extra shoots by hand in spring and harvest by hand, in small crates, with friends. Every treatment goes into the field notebook: what, how much and why.