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The Vila-rodona cooperative makes wine
purely from it's members vineyards, found primarily in the villages
of Vila-rodona, Aiguamúrcia, Valls and el Pla de Santa Maria.
All the vineyards are registered within Denominacions d'Origen
that guarantee the quality of the wines produced.
The
grapes from vineyards in Aiguamúrcia produce wines within
the Denominació d'Origen Penedès and the grapes
from Vila-rodona, el Pla de Santa Maria and Valls produce wines
in the Denominació d'Origen Tarragona. Simultaneously
these vineyards are at the heart of the Denominació Cava.
Production is predominantly of white
wines, made from Macabeu, Parellada and Chardonnay, although in
recent years there has been an important increase in the number
of red grape plantations, with varieties like Ull de Llebre (Tempranillo),
Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot.
The mild mediterranean climate in the area, with rains
in the Spring and the Autumn and dry summers cooled by sea breezes,
enables a healthy ripening of the grapes and good colour in the
red grapes.
The diversity of soils in the four villages produces
grapes with different characteristics, enabling blends between the
different wines produced. In the white varieties this combination
of climate and soils produces grapes, that once elaborated in our
cellar, give aromatic and fruity whites.
In the red varieties, the good colour and ripening
from the combination of climate and soils in the area enable us
to make reds with structure, balance and complexity. These views
of the vineyards, farmed in the hills around the Gaià river
valley and the area of les Planes, are well worth visiting.
The strict control of each of the vineyards enable
us to maintain the traceability of all of our wines and cavas, knowing
at all times which vineyards have produced the grapes for each wine.
This transparency is increasingly important in the relationship
between producer and consumer.
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