Rovira Carbonell Family Founded 1867
Update 05/2019 Old World Wines
Northwest Mediterranean Area: France: Rhone Sud Wind Languedoc Roussillon
“CERÇ” Spain / Catalonia: Empordà Cool and Dry Montsant Tarragona PRIORAT
SPAIN
PRIORAT PRIORAT BARCELONA DOQ 12th Century
Southeast Wind “GARBINADA” Humid and Warm http://www.turismepriorat.org/en
MONTSANT Natural Park
SIURANA Muntanya Villages Wind MONTSANT
Santa Maria de Scala Dei – God’s Ladder D.O.Q. PRIORAT
Grapes: GARNATXA (PELUDA, PAIS) CARINYENA (or Samsó)
GARNATXA BLANCA MACABEU (or Viura)
Rainfalls: 400 mm / Year Sun: 3000 hours / year
Surface: 1930 Ha (vines) Wineries: 102
Soil Slate “Llicorella” 400 milion years DOQ Classification:
CLOS FONTÀ (red wine) (Grand Cru) COMA BLANCA (white wine)
COMA VELLA (red wine) (Premier Cru) COMA ALTA (white wine)
(Village wine) BELLMUNT (red & white wine) • Mas d’en Gil is an agricultural estate in Bellmunt del Priorat, in the Southern part of the Priorat region. From the 12th century onwards it used to belong to the Carthusian monastery Scala Dei and thus is an integral part of the HISTORIC PRIORAT.
• Francesc Gil i Borràs, one of the first Catalan enologist and from Reus, founded Mas d’en Gil in 1867 lending his name to the winery.
• The Rovira Carbonell family, in the wine industry since four generations, has been taking care of the estate since 1998. They produce wine, olive oil, wine vinegar, nuts and almonds, always with a view to preserving biodiversity.
• Surface Mas d’en Gil: Forest (55 ha), Vinyards (38 ha), Olive trees (15 ha) and both Nuts and Almonds. The MONTSANT mountain range, the northern boundary of the Priorat, and our mule CLARA Our mule CLARA At MAS d’en GIL we work according to the moon calendar and biodynamic principles Every year, we prepare our own biodynamic COMPOST from fresh Priorat sheep manure and vegetal residue from the estate at Mas d’en Gil. INDIGENOUS YEAST SELECTION The BELLMUNT valley with forest, old vines and olive trees BELLMUNT “Vi de Vila” (Village)
“Young Grenache”
Grenache, Carignan
Grey Licorella BELLMUNT “Vi de Vila” (Village)
White Grenache & Viogner
Inox COMA BLANCA Grand Cru (Vinya Classificada)
Grenache and Macabeo Old vines
Slate, pebble and quarz The LA COMA with its terraces in springtime COMA VELLA LA COMA Valley
Welcome to the southern Priorat
Grenache, Carignan, Syrah COMA ALTA LA COMA Valley
White Grenache 100%
Single vineyard MARCONA almond trees in full bloom Mas d'en Gil and the Rovira Carbonell family: Pere and Pilar Mas d'en Gil cellar-team: Anton and Peter in the new barrel-cellar CLOS FONTÀ Grand Cru (Vinya Classificada)
Mas d’en Gil terroir
Grenache, Carignan Old Vines GRAN BUIG Special Vintage
1998 2004 ?
Grenache and Carignan 25 years aging potential The Mas d'en Gil Sweet Wine Cellar NUS Tradition
Sweet Grenache Straw Wine L’ESMOLER with its 100-year-old Arbequina olive trees OLI Olive Juice
100% Arbequina Extra Virgin Olive Oil
From the estate’s 100-year-old olive trees AGREDOLÇ Solera 1958
Vinegar Loft
“Soleras“ from 1958 AGREDOLÇ
Solera 1958
Sweet and sour wine vinegar from soleras dating back to 1958 Oil & Vinegar Set Set Vinegar Oil & Magnum Bottles Magnum MAS d’en GIL Family and Team Follow us on: www.masdengil.com, our facebook www.facebook.com/masdengil or Instagram @masdengil “In life, you need to have dreams, and you have to believe in your dreams.”
Pere Rovira Rovira