WINERY BACKGROUND

The wines themselves are made in the tranquility of Santa Maria de Martorelles, in our California-style winery. Here, housed in a modern building of glass and brick, the muffled noises of pumps and modern, hi-tech equipment in no way detract from the picturesque qualities of the adjoining 18th century stone-hewn country house -Can Matons. Indeed, side-by-side, the two distinctively styled buildings afford a pleasing contrast in the same way that today's gleaming, stainless steel fermentation tanks juxtapose the once popular but now purely ornamental conical wooden vats. These, placed in a neat row -next to two, gentle pneumatic presses- were, incidentally, the first to be introduced in Spain.
The extensive neighboring vines that radiate from the winery in neat, trellised rows complete the picture. The grape varieties cultivated are Pansa Blanca, Macabeo, Parellada, Chenin Blanc and Chardonnay.

THE VINEYARDS

Prepared with 100% Pansa Blanca, the most traditional variety from the region of Alella. The Alella DO, a region just 15 kilometers North East from Barcelona. Our estate, "Can Matons", comprising 400 hectares (100 acres) is located in Santa Maria de Martorelles (Barcelona) and is among the smallest Denominations of Origin to be officially recognized in Europe. The winery dates from 1981, and we grow indigenous grape varieties, including Pansa Blanca, and foreign ones too -such as Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc- that have adapted well to the granite soil of the region. Located 15 km north of Barcelona, within the Alella Denomination of Origin, is a region with a long tradition in the production of great white wines. Characterized by two microclimates, one a warm sea climate and the other a cooler inland climate, allowing very balanced wines to be obtained. Soils are comprised of "sauló", a granite rock that allows very good percolation of the precipitation from the storms characteristic of the region, as well as the development of a very extensive root system that is suited to withstanding long droughts.

VINIFICATION

The last grapes gathered comprise the basis of this wine, harvested at maximum ripeness. We have a manual harvest, transported by PARXET itself, and whole grape pressing (without crush). Very slow fermentation (up to more than three months) at low temperatures is the basis of its particular characteristics. It is later bottled, following the auto filtering during winter storage. Before labeling, the bottled wine is perfected in the stillness of our cellar. Color of new gold, given by the cask, The nose presents a wide variety of bouquets, as the exuberant primary bouquets typical of the variety are transformed, in the maturing process, into secondary bouquets in which the Allier oak stands out with its elegance, giving a wine which is dry, full-bodied.