Lagravera

“We didn't build the Lagravera winery here, we rebuilt it.”

In the Lleida (Lleida) region of Catalonia, which had been the land of vineyards and wine since the Roman Empire, 90% of the vineyards disappeared due to the arrival of the Aragón Canal, phylloxera, migration to the city, and removal of vines. However, a revival began again when the Arnó family, who worked in construction and public works, planted vines in the barren land of an old gravel pit, restored the winemaking tradition, and created the best wine that the region can offer.

Lagravera, whose name means The Gravel Pit (La Gravera in Spanish), reduced construction costs by renovating a quarry and used the costs to equip the brewery with cutting-edge equipment to minimize environmental impact and maximize energy efficiency. By creating a winery, we were able to grow into today's Organic & Biodynamic winery.

CCPAE & Demeter

Lagravera does not believe that nature provides everything needed to make good wine. However, all processes in making wine are carried out delicately so that nature can be freely expressed without intervention as much as possible. We make wine by observing and respecting the cycle so that each vintage can surprise everyone with its rich nuances and elegant complexity.

They also put a lot of effort into caring for the land as their ancestors did. We have recovered ancestral agricultural practices such as crushing grapes, observing the stars and the environment, and using phytotherapy, and we maximize the taste of wine through various methods, such as growing various wild herbs. Fauna also provides healthy, strong soil, with bees adding pollination and helping biodiversity, sheep removing weeds to keep the vegetation in perfect condition, and cows providing manure to enrich the soil.

Vineyards

The vineyard, which consists of four vineyards measuring approximately 16ha, consists of soil rich in gypsum, which provides the freshness and salinity that gives the wine its unique character. From extreme cold to stifling heat, extreme climatic contrasts have a profound impact on the color, flavor and texture of wine, and the soil that withstands such difficult weather naturally protects the grapes, allowing successful wines to be produced without chemical additives.