Castell del Remei Gotim Blanc

Castell del Remei Gotim Blanc

Tasting note:

Castell del Remei Gotim Blanc Blend of Sauvignon Blanc and Macabeo. Fresh dry wine. In taste and smell citrus, green spiciness and mineral tones of limestone soil. The wine is velvety soft in the mouth, has a good balance, sufficient structure and a nice persistent aftertaste. Nice to drink as such but also with cheese, fish and shellfish.

Castell Del Remei

Castell del Remei is a centuries-old winery located on a historic estate with the Costers del Segre Designation of Origin, where the first remains of winemaking activities date back to 1780.

It is the oldest winery in Catalonia in the production and labelling of fine ageing wines, and also the first Catalan winery built according to the Bordeaux castle model, surrounded by vineyards.

It is fed by grapes from the estate and plots of vineyards in the nearby mountains. It is managed by its owner, the winegrower Tomàs Cusiné, a renowned oenologist, and is considered one of the best wine assemblers in the country.

The characteristics of Castell del Remei , as a wine estate, are as interesting as its long history and, together with the heritage value of the complex, form an unparalleled ensemble in the wine-growing regions of Southern Europe.

The property is located in the municipality of Penelles, in the La Noguera region, in Lleida, about 120 km from Barcelona.

The estate, suitable for wine production, has a Mediterranean-continental climate: great thermal oscillations, with very cold winters and hot summers; little rainfall and average humidity. In this region, the westerly and north-westerly winds predominate, which become even stronger in spring. The most precious of these is the marinade, which comes to refresh the grapes on hot summer afternoons. Another climatic peculiarity of the area is the persistent fog in winter.

The estate's soils are mainly clay-limestone. The plots of vineyards are located on the bed of the inland sea that covered much of the Central Depression during the Cenozoic and are in fertile soils with a mainly alluvial composition. The winery owns around 100 hectares of vineyards. The cultivation of most of the vines (80%) takes place in vineyards in the mountains close to the château, at an altitude (between 700 and 800 metres), on soils with a free texture (loamy or clayey) with an abundant presence of gravel, which allows for good drainage.

As for the composition of the grape variety, it includes native vines (Grenache, Ull de Lebre, Carignan, Trepat, Malvasia and Macabeo), to which were added those of French origin that Castell del Remei introduced to the peninsula in the 19th century (Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc).

The average age of the vines is over 25 years and the vines are planted in rows, according to the double cordon system (Royat Doble), with a planting density of between 4,000 and 5,000 plants/ha.

The original winery facilities cover a total area of 5,500 m² and are divided into six terraced buildings, built on stone, with a wrought iron structure and walls up to 100 cm wide.

Currently, the maturation rooms house around 1,000 barrels (50% French and American oak), while the winemaking area is equipped with thermo-regulated stainless steel tanks, pneumatic presses and other state-of-the-art technical tools that allow the maturation of more than a million bottles of wine produced annually.

Castell del Remei carries out ecological and sustainable management of the entire farm. In addition, treatments are reduced to a minimum to favour the vegetative development of the species.

In this sense it should be noted that Castell del Remei promotes research in the fields of viticulture and oenology with a clear commitment to ecology and innovation.

Castell del Remei Gotim Blanc

Castell Del Remei