Castell d'Age

Castell d'Age is a woman-founded estate across three generations of the Junyent family, Catalan by birth and Swiss in spirit. Grandmother Aurèlia planted the vines; her daughter Anne Marie built the cellars in the 1980s and pioneered organic farming in the region long before it mattered to many; and today, granddaughter Olivia has taken the estate to full Demeter biodynamic certification. She has worked in close partnership with winemaker Olga Betrián for nearly two decades, a tight team running on a cellar philosophy of grapes and not much else. Olivia’s brother, Josep, directs the viticulture with equal conviction. The resemblance to Champagne is suggestive: geographically diverse parcels, long-aged rest, and remuage without gyropalettes. Castell d'Age also makes still wines, and they fit the natural wine ethos as effortlessly as the Cavas do.

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Producer:	Castell d'Age
Diversity:	Female Winemaker
Country:	Spain
Region:	Catalonia
Subregion:	Penedès
City of Origin:	Piera
Date Founded:	1988
Owner Name:	Olivia Junyent
Vineyard Size:	345.8 acres
Total Annual Production:	130,000 Bottles

Property History:

The Castell d’Age cellars are the original creation of women belonging to the Junyent family, in a place blessed by the Gods. Set in the Penedès countryside, sheltering under the Mediterranean sky. Here we have been making organic wines and cavas of the highest quality, from the very start. Products, originating from the land and the rain, which aim to touch upon the high point of our sense perceptions. Over 20 years ago, Anne Marie began to cultivate and produce our organic wines and cavas. As the new generation follows her footsteps, we have gone one step further with a move to biodynamic agriculture, a method that respects the relationship between man and earth. The results are there to be seen, and tasted. We started tending and caring for our vineyards over 50 years ago. Castell d’Age currently owns six estates, located in the Penedès DO, made up of different types of soil and situated at varying altitudes so that each variety finds the most suitable environment, where it can express its great potential. Castell d’Age wines and cavas are produced in the bodegas just as the vines are grown in the vineyard: respecting E.U. organic regulations. Patiently. We have all the time in the world…