CAL BATLLET Ronçavall Cellers Ripoll Sans was established in 2000 when Marc Ripoll, a young man in his early twenties, returned to the Priorat to restore his family’s winery in the village of Gratallops. Prior to his arrival, the harvest from the family’s estate vineyards was sold to the local cooperative. Over the last few years, Marc has renovated the old winery and built Closa Battlet into one of the leading estates in the village. While preserving the historical structure of the winery, Marc has updated the building to incorporate modern winemaking techniques, though always in small volumes and in a highly manual way. Its production is based on grape selections from its estate vineyards, some as old as 90 years, cultivated ORIGIN on hillsides with slate soil. The wines made in this way have their own Spain unique personality stemming from the endeavor to convey all the special features of the terrain. APPELLATION Priorat For many years Marc Ripoll produced a single wine from the estates holding in Gratallops and Torroja del Priorat but being an early adopter SOIL Llicorella of the terroir based designation, Vi de Vila, he now makes several cuvées expressive of individual sites. Another pure Cariñena, the Ronçavall comes from a single, 75 year-old vineyard planted by Marc Ripoll’s maternal AGE OF VINES 75 grandfather near the village of Torroja del Priorat. It is aged for 15 months in new 225 liter French oak barrels. ELEVATION 110-450 ACCOLADES 92 – 2011 Ronçavall – Wine Advocate VARIETIES Cariñena 94 – 2010 Ronçavall – Wine Advocate 94 – 2009 Ronçavall – Wine Advocate FARMING Biodynamic FERMENTATION N/A AGING 15 months in 225L new French oak barrels PLACE OVER PROCESS • EUROPEANCELLARS.COM.