Pares Balta. Penedes. Vintage Spain Wine Tours

With over two hundred years in the wine business they are still a family winery belonging to the Cusine family that combines perfectly tradition with technology. Nowadays they elaborate very high quality both still and sparkling wines and they are very happy to receive visitors to see the winery and taste the wine in situ.

They own 170 hectares of vineyard located in five villages, ten kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea, extending through valleys and mountains at altitudes of between 210 and 750 meters. Throughout the winter flocks of sheep graze our lands, naturally fertilizing the earth and eliminating any need for artificial fertilizers. Canopy planting is employed, a system which besides facilitating harvest free of leaves and stems, improves ventilation and ripening. They grow 14 different grape varieties all available for blending, Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet franc, Tempranillo and more. A careful selection of varieties which determine and influence the character of great wines. Natural gravity pressing gives the finest must possible, full of clean fresh aromas. Fermented in French Limousin, fine grain Allier barrels employing the batonage system or temperature controlled stainless steel vats depending on the wines they wish to create. under the direction of the oenologist Marta Casas and Maria Elena Jiménez. They have an average annual production of seven hundred thousand bottles.

Wines from this winery:

Classical wines:

Red wines
Mas Elena – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc
Mas Petit – Cabernet Sauvignon, Garnacha

Rosee Wines
Ros de Pacs - Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

White Wines
Mas Pons – Chardonnay
Calcari –Xarel.lo
Honey Moon –Parellada late harvest
Blanc de Pacs – Macabeo, Xarel.lo and Parellada

Cavas
Brut Selectio Macabeo, Xarel.lo, Parellada and Chardonnay
Brut Nature Macabeo, Xarel.lo and Parellada
Brut Macabeo, Xarel.lo and Parellada
Brut Rosé Pinot Noir

Microcuvées. Vinos de Pago - Limited editions

Red Wines