Ramon Parera and Jordi Anan of Celler Pardas have become longtime fixtures of Catalonia’s low-intervention wine scene.

In 1996, they discovered an abandoned estate 250m above sea level in the Penedés region of Catalonia. Affected by the Spanish Civil war, the Can Comas estate was made up of 60 hectares of unkempt Mediterranean forest and pasture surrounding a run-down medieval farmhouse.

 

They discovered a gem – an ancient cellar that had survived the dregs of war. The two painstakingly restored the cellar and the building, carefully planting new vineyards and pioneering low-intervention winemaking in their region.

 

With clay-lime soils on petrocalcic rocks, Celler Pardas wines reflect the terroir’s salty, mineral-infused characteristics. Ram

 

Ramon and Jordi have fought to bring back ancient varieties indigenous to the area like Sumoll, Xarel.lo and Malvasia Sitges. As anyone who's tasted Celler Pardas wine knows, their efforts have definitely paid off.

 

Fun fact: a man as eclectic as his wines, Ramon’s other passion is vinyl, with over 3000 records in his collection.