Artur Martinez along the winemaker Xavier Backpack, recovered in 2010 two parcels of vineyards very old Macabeu (70 years), Sumoll (90 years) and Xarel·lo (90 years) of the estate Can Backpack Molí to develop the first wines of quality of the Vallés Occidental.

Despite being a territory of the wine-making traditions, the industrial revolution led to the abandonment of agricultural activity at the expense of the growing industry in the major cities of the region. Despite the potential of the plot and the plots, to date, the family Backpack sold grapes to wineries of Penedes and made a simple bulk wine.

The concern of Artur recover gastronomic heritage of his land and his passion for the ancient techniques and natural convinced the producer to start in this wonderful adventure. At present they produce different wines are organic, biodynamic and natural big personality.

Include the plots for “La Vinya d’en Xesc” and “L Amfiteatre” that give name to the wines. The first, developed with Macabeu by spontaneous fermentation and aged in amphora clay. The second, is a wine “red” is also natural that is elaborated through a “blend” of Sumoll and Xarel·lo.

Artur also encouraged the family Backpack in the production of wines of high added value in recovering ancient traditions. It is the case of “Rar Bullit”, a sweet wine of a very limited production (300 bottles per year) prepared by the method of medieval boil wort.

Then topped with raw must, starts a spontaneous fermentation and feeds a “solera” Chestnut annually. These wines can be tasted in the restaurants of Chef and are often part of their pairings.

FOTO PARA MARTIALIS
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