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Castillo Perelada

Name: CASTILLO PERELADA FINCA GARBET 2003
Brand: Vitis Epicuria
Price: 107.1 EUR
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Rating: 4.8 (113 reviews)

Next to the French border, the leader of the Emporda appellation, Castillo Perelada is closer to Perpignan than to Barcelona, but it imbues its wines with a resolutely Catalan style, having started production in the Middle Ages. The whole range is remarkable, and the individual vintages are jewels, including the more affordable Garriga and Finca Malaveïna. The Finca Garbet is a must!

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CASTILLO PERELADA FINCA GARBET 2003

Appellation : EMPORDA (CATALOGNE)

Millésime : 2003

Color : Red

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Castillo Perelada is one of the leading wine estates of DO Empordà, the oldest winemaking region in the Iberian Peninsula. Founded in 1923 by Miguel Mateu Pla within a medieval Catalan castle, this family-owned property now manages 138 hectares across five distinct estates in northeastern Catalonia. Under the stewardship of the Suqué Mateu family, the estate produces both still wines and cava with a new state-of-the-art winery awarded LEED Gold certification, the first in Europe to achieve this environmental distinction.

L'histoire du domaine

Castillo Perelada's winemaking history is deeply rooted in the Middle Ages: from the 14th century onwards, Carmelite monks produced wine in the cellars of the Convent del Carme to supply the county of Peralada, as attested by parchments preserved in the castle's library. In 1923, Miguel Mateu Pla, a visionary entrepreneur and son of Hispano Suiza's founder, acquired the monumental castle complex and set out to revitalise this centuries-old tradition. A great art lover and collector, he endowed the castle with priceless collections — sculptures, tapestries, incunabula — and assembled a library of 80,000 volumes. His son-in-law Arturo Suqué took over in the 1970s, creating the famous Blanc Pescador with winemaker Enric Serra. But it was the third generation, led by Javier Suqué Mateu since the 1990s, that transformed the estate dramatically: planting new vineyards — including the spectacular Finca Garbet overlooking the Mediterranean —, acquiring the Chivite group in 2017, and building a new winery in 2022 designed by RCR Architects, winners of the Pritzker Prize. In 2023, the estate celebrated its centenary, firmly established as a key player in the Empordà revival.

Le terroir

Castillo Perelada's vineyards span 138 hectares across five estates in the northern part of DO Empordà, a unique territory wedged between the Pyrenees and the Mediterranean. This geographical position gives the vines a Mediterranean character tempered by the Tramontane, a cold northeasterly wind that blows forcefully and slows grape ripening. The soil heterogeneity — slate, sand, fluvial sediments, clay, gravel — is remarkable and represents a rare wealth on a global scale. Each finca has its own personality: Finca Garbet (12.8 hectares) spreads its slate terraces facing the sea; La Garriga (41 hectares) harbours the estate's oldest vines on silty clay soils; Espolla (21 hectares) on Pyrenean slate slopes; Malaveïna (19 hectares) with red sandy clay soils; Pont de Molins (38 hectares) on flat sandy terrain. Three estates are certified organic, with the other two in conversion for 2025. The new winery inaugurated in 2022, designed by RCR Arquitectes, is the first in Europe certified LEED Gold, a symbol of deep commitment to environmental sustainability and biodiversity preservation.

Les vins

Castillo Perelada's range is built around two pillars: still wines in DO Empordà and cavas produced in the Vilafranca del Penedès cellar acquired in 1979. The estate cultivates a broad palette of indigenous and international varieties: Garnacha Negra and Blanca, Samsó (Cariñena), Xarel·lo for local grapes; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Monastrell, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc for international varieties. The range includes accessible wines such as 3 Finques and 5 Finques Reserva, a five-estate blend combining Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Samsó, Garnacha and Monastrell. Single-vineyard cuvées — Finca Garbet (Syrah), Aires de Garbet (Garnacha), Finca Malaveïna, Finca La Garriga — express the unique character of each terroir. Gran Claustro, the emblematic cava created in 1959 on the occasion of President Eisenhower's visit, remains one of the house's historic signatures. The style favours freshness, tension, expression of the Mediterranean terroir and ageing potential, reflecting a constant pursuit of excellence since the 1990s.

Le vigneron

Delfí Sanahuja embodies the oenological excellence of Castillo Perelada for over three decades. A graduate of Rovira i Virgili University in Tarragona, he joined the estate in 1993, fresh from completing his oenology studies. Alongside Javier Suqué Mateu, owner and third generation of the family, he has been the architect of the estate's qualitative transformation: planting Finca Garbet overlooking the Mediterranean, creating the experimental Ex Ex range, and overseeing the construction of the new winery inaugurated in 2022. Named Catalan Winemaker of the Year in 2015, he received the Prestigious Winemaker Award from the Catalan Association of Oenologists in 2024. In 2026, he entered for the first time the ranking of the world's top one hundred winemakers established by The Drinks Business, a distinction earned thanks to his Aires de Garbet 2021, awarded Grand Master, the competition's highest accolade. His deep conviction is that great wines are made first and foremost in the vineyards, a philosophy he also imparts as a viticulture lecturer at the Sommelier's College in Girona.

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