Art Laietà d'Alta Alella — Attraction in Alella

I head a very warm welcome and a chance to tasted all wines produced in that Bodega. I recommend especially Cava de Paraje.

"This is a beautiful amphitheatre-shaped property overlooking the sea. It is located in Serralada de Marina Natural Park, just 19 kilometres from Barcelona. A family-owned venture, oenologist Josep María Pujol-Busquets founded it in 1991 and devoted himself to managing the vineyards organically from the very beginning.

Alta Alella produces around 300,000 bottles a year, two-thirds cava and the rest still wines, and some 40% is regularly exported. The property comprises 17 hectares of vines planted on characteristic soils locally called sauló. The decomposed granite, without lime or organic matter, helps to give acidity to the wines. There’s a clear commitment to recover the local grapes Pansa Blanca (Xarel.lo) and Mataró (Monastrell or Mourvèdre), as well as to look into disease resistant plants that might lead to a minimum intervention both in the vineyard and in the winery. Other grapes grown are Macabeo, Parellada, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay (white) and Syrah, Petit Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Garnacha (red). There’s also an old sloping vineyard (coster is the Catalan word) which was planted with the local grape Pansa Rosada in the 1950s.

The range is really large and includes nearly 20 different wines. Especially outstanding are the Gran Reserva cavas presented in elongated-shaped bottles (finely linear on the palate, with long citric nuances); the Mataró (Mourvèdre) sweet reds made with grapes that have been over-ripened on the plant; and, as a novelty, the new range of natural wines with no sulphur at all, which includes two cavas (the Capsigrany Pansa Rosa is really original), two whites, a red, and a Mataró sweet red wine." From SPANISH WINE LOVERS webside Alta Alella has a visitor's center located in the heart of the Serralada de Marina Natural Park, with spectacular views overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. An exclusive, welcoming place. Open every day for individuals, groups...

Wonderful tour of the vineyards, production facilities, and wine tasting. Very detailed, very engaging (even for someone who isn’t knowledgeable and was honestly confused by a lot of the terminology, aka me). I was in awe of the views the entire time and I felt that all of the production and guest facility areas were clean and ... aesthetically pleasing to say the least. Every part of the experience was pleasurable and stress free. The tour guide was perfectly fluent in English and I literally couldn’t complain about anything that I experienced. 10/10 would recommend tbh. If you’re wondering whether or not you should go to this vineyard tour or just to buy from here, DO IT. Best wine I’ve ever consumed (low to zero sulfite wines are the norm and for me that made a huge difference between anything else I’ve ever tasted), best customer service and best wine tour I’ve...

We had a fantastic tour of this innovative and organic winery thanks to our excellent guide Nuria. We learnt about the terrior, the vines, different grapes cultivated, their installations, the wines and cavas they're producing, a little bit about the owners and what food to pair with the wines ! Following a walk around the vines and inside the winery we tasted a range of wines (they have over 20 in total with a production of over 250,000 bottles per year ). All of the wines were delicious from the young white wine, crianza, red wines including an amazing syrah, a range of cavas & a sweet wine. The wine labels are interesting with many of the local birds featuring including the Hoopoe. We had an amazing time. The views looking towards the see are...