The winery of the DO Alella has announced that its range of cavas Alta Alella Mirgin will be 100% Gran Reserva y Cava of Qualified Area. Founded in 1991 by the family Pujol-Busquets, now wants to focus on producing bottles of ecological wine, while also lengthening the aging of its elaborations. Find out more about this innovation here.
All this will be from this autumn and it is a decision that ratifies the commitment to quality of these “cosmopolitan and avant-garde” cavas, in the words of its founder, Josep Maria Pujol-Busquets. Alta Alella Mirgin has invested three million euros andn the acquisition of 30 ecological hectares. With this, the necessary infrastructures have also been expanded to increase the stock and thus be able to extend the raising their cavas. In this way, their cavas from now on will go on the market with a minimum of between 30 to 42 months in bottle.
Bet on quality and ecology in Alta Alella Mirgin
Until now, the cava Alta Alella Mirgin, in standard bottle, will become Gran Reserva like the rest of the family cavas. Also you dig them Mirgin Exeo and Mirgin Opus They come from the qualified area Vallcirera. This plot located in the Serralada de Marina Natural Park has the distinction of Cava of Qualified Area. This is the highest category within the DO cava. All the cavas in the winery are ecological -your Cavas de Paraje Calificado were the first in the sector to go on the market with organic certification-, vintage and raw nature, without adding any type of expedition liquor so as not to make up the product. In this way, the company wants to position itself with quality cavas that reflect the characteristics of the "terroir" and add it.
On his farm Can Genis, the duo formed by Josep Maria Pujol-Busquets and his daughter Mireia, generational change, preserve the wine heritage of the region. Vineyards with more than 60 years have been recovered and planting traditional varieties such as Pansa Blanca and Mataró. The entire vineyard of the winery is organic from its origin. The winery dedicates a large part of its efforts to I + D + i. Currently, he is working on the selection, within the traditional varieties, of naturally hardy plants to diseases and fully adapted to the environment.
