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Guilera

Long-aged cava

Cava needs time to become a Great Cava

And people, too.

Slow Life Cava

Cava Guilera is a small family-run winery from Penedès [Barcelona] founded in 1927. We like to contribute positively to society; through landscapes, products, and quality time. Balancing the demands of the dominant paradigm with our most authentic and relevant feeling. At Cava Guilera we believe that cava and people need time to harmonise the inside. We make long-aged cava [Reserva and Gran Reserva] and offer eco-contemplative experiences among vineyards.

Long-aged cava

We only produce Guarda Superior Cava: Reserva and Gran Reserva. Minimum 18 months up to 18 years of aging to achieve the maximum harmony of cava. Small productions: 40,000 bottles per year.

Recognised quality

All of our Gran Reserva cavas have been awarded in highly prestigious wine competitions with blind tastings: Premis Vinari in Catalonia and Decanter World Wine Awards internationally.

Eco sustainable vineyards

Organic vineyards, traditional and dry grapes, pasture and green pruning with sheep, replanting of traditional trees, rural garden with wild grass, biodiversity and photovoltaic energy.

Eco contemplative life

Experiences with the owners, in a natural and unhurried way. Winery tour, wine bar, cava tasting, gourmet picnic, electric bike ride, space for motorhomes and train station 10 minutes walk.

[Welcome to the Guilera universe]

Responsible communication and inclusive eco-design #artartreu

Liveliness is one of the most distinctive features of our long-aged cavas. They remain fresh thanks to Xarel·lo, our star grape, and reveal their depth and richness with great elegance and subtlety. At Cava Guilera, we like our cavas to blossom from the inside out, exploring the magical imagery of cava and expressing the light and colours of the Mediterranean.

In 2015, we began designing a collection of haute couture dresses, featuring award-winning inclusive Braille, collaborations with artists, and cava family tributes. This project [under construction] is part of the commitment #artarreu art everywhere. A responsible and disruptive form of communication that harmonises layers of content through beautiful and meaningful creations.

Cava Traditional Reserve

Tasty and refreshing...

Cava Traditional Gran Reserva

Elegant and gourmet...

Cava 100% Xarel·lo Gran Reserva

Unique and modern...

Cava Rosé Reserve

Cheerful and with a sweet tooth...

What do they say about us?

Guilera AGOSARAT
The Best Wines of 2023: The first sparkling wine in the selection, with possibly the best cava from an unknown producer in existence. Guilera is a family winery founded in 1927 that doesn't hold back when it comes to producing long-aged sparkling wines. This 2006 isn't a bottle-rack collection; it's the latest vintage for sale from its top of the range: Agosarat. Agosarat translates as "bold" or "daring," and I couldn't agree more, as they translate all this aging into subtlety, not baroque. It's an austere, sharp, and unfriendly wine [wine insiders like that]. A marvel.

Guilera Musivari
La Vanguardia's 2025 wine guide, 100 wines you can't miss, 96 points: Musivari could be the weapon of seduction that James Bond [Pierce Brosnan] would use to win over secret agent Jinx Johnson [Halle Berry] while they exchange flirtatious double-entendres in Cuba. It could, because its flavour evokes the great sparkling wines of the world, and its delicate finesse and elegance are extremely seductive. Remember: "Jinx, in the game of love, the best wines are those that leave an unforgettable taste on your lips."

Guilera Green Xarel·la
Wine of the Week – December 2023: With an unbeatable price, the Xarel.la Gran Reserva 2012 Brut Nature combines two of the most powerful trends in cavas currently produced in the Penedès: the use of the Xarel.lo variety and long aging. The wine maintains hints of herbs [fennel, aniseed] and hints of apple alongside the toasted bread notes typical of the aging process. Without any evolution, the palate is well-defined by the acidity, with well-integrated bubbles and good persistence. The feminine name of the variety is not a mistake, but a tribute to the woman illustrated by the cava nymphs who have been christened “Las Fabulosas Xarel.las.”

Guilera Red Xarel·la
100 awesome wines 2023: Xarel.lo is one of the three classic Cava grape varieties, and probably the one with the most exciting prospects for quality. This feminised [and organic] Xarel.la is a delight: light on its feet with delicately appley fruit, but with an underlying mineral, earthy note. This is a magical combination of a crowd pleaser which will also appeal to wine nerds – what more could you want?

Guilera Far de les Plèiades
Catalan Rosé Sparkling of the Year 2025: Rosé tends not to be the strongest category of sparkling wine in Penedès, but the imaginative Cava producer Guilera has come up with a wine of pure pleasure, capturing plenty of deep and juicy fruit without some of the rusticity that tends to afflict others attempting similar styles. It avoids over-extraction, pulling out beautifully vivid Garnacha and Pinot Noir aromatics whilst staying snappy and bright enough to push all the refreshing buttons that rosé ought to. There might be more serious rosés out there, but Guilera deserve recognition for having a little fun, too.

Guilera Brut Nature Reserva
The best low-cost cava of 2021: Guilera Brut Nature Reserva. One of the best value sparkling wines of all those made in our country. A cava to fill the trunk so that you can eventually fill the pantry, just like in the old days. A cava to fill your glass during an appetiser, where you have to fill the time while you wait for the meal to finish cooking. A cava, in short, to fill a table with joy and pleasure, as that is also what the art of drinking cava is all about: knowing that bubbles can be solemn and emotional, of course, but without forgetting that bubbles are specialists in filling us with happiness. Do you agree?

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Come to the winery store and design your personalized cava pack!

We've prepared some suggestions for you to enjoy our cavas this Christmas. Cava gift sets, cava and gourmet gift baskets… Come and see us!

Harvest: Tasting 20 grapes, 4 Gran Reserva cavas and a gourmet picnic among the vineyards

It's grape harvest time, and with it comes our signature experience. A tasting of 20 grapes at the vineyard, along with a taste of four award-winning Gran Reserva cavas.

Musivari 2007, one of the 100 wines you can't miss according to Ferran Centelles

The Guilera Musivari 2007 cava has been chosen as one of the 100 wines you can't miss according to the 2025 Wine Guide.

[Long-aged cava]

Cava Reserva and Gran Reserva: from 18 months to 18 years underground

Cava needs time to become a Great Cava. And to achieve this goal, we give each vintage the time it needs. Time to harmonise and let itself be, in the welcome darkness of the cellar.

At first, everything is explosive and acidic. The yeasts trigger the second fermentation in the bottle, and the sugar is converted into carbon dioxide and alcohol. The aging process begins with the mothers, the sediments that nourish and protect cava. The bubbles refine, and the vintages express themselves: citrus, ripe fruit, toasted, smoky, sherry notes… It's all thanks to the intrinsic nature of the grape, the generosity of the mothers, and the art of patience © house brand.

Slow Life Cava

It is the pleasure of buoyancy, which is almost magic, and we miss it by running.

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Eco-contemplative experiences among Penedès vineyards

In contrast to the hectic pace of life, we offer an oasis of tranquillity among the vineyards. A rural, ecological, dry-land garden where you can blend in with the landscape and taste singular products.

We like quality and simple life and we trully wish that you feel better after visiting us. The experiences we design have two objectives: to promote cava culture and to offer a healthy space. Slow life, slow or decelerated life, among vineyards and with the owners. The art of nature, the art of conversation, the intrinsic art of all things! If we breathe, observe and inhabit the moment. It is the pleasure of buoyancy, which is almost magic, and we miss it by running.

Harmony of the Whole

We are all inclemencies and experiences [settling, resting, floating] in a glass bottle.

[Cava Guilera since 1927]

The sum of the lives and contributions of 4 generations

Building a history through different generations. From the founding great-grandparents, who were sharecroppers, until today, when we are a small family-run cava winery, specialised in long-aged cava.

Remain through time, stacking vintages and capturing moments. In the end we are all inclemencies and experiences [settling, resting, floating] in a glass bottle. And each of our cavas tells a story and is dedicated to someone in the family. The big bang for the great-grandparents, the sunset for the grandparents, the Mediterranean mosaic for my father, the blank canvas for Jordi, the pink lighthouse for Miguel and the cava nymphs for the xarel·litas of the house.

synergy Guilera Rimaires

Cava Guilera and Cultura Rimaires: cava is culture and culture takes care of us.

[Rimaires Cultural Movement]

Cultural association resident in Cava Guilera since 2012

Rimaires is the desire to live in another paradigm, an adventure that moves at its own pace. We like collective catharsis and we organise charming festivals among vineyards.

Cava is culture and culture takes care of us. This is how we link Cava Guilera and Cultura Rimaires, two independent projects that work together synergistically. Cava is culture because it shapes our Mediterranean landscapes, underpins the economy of the region and adorns tables, celebrations and traditions. And culture takes care of us because it embraces us and transports us to new dimensions. A universe of ephemeral forms, nesting and pampering the so-forgotten emotions.