New Year's Poem 2022: let's give it shape, in the meantime
2021 of mud, thick and bizarre. Let's grab it with our hands, the mud. And let's shape it, meanwhile. Because everything is still weird. Even when? Let's shape it
Cava
Guilera
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 cultivate calm among the 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 Cava Guilera]
Small family winery: when pleasure and quality are the top priority
The cava needs time to integrate the explosiveness of the carbonic, soften the acidity of the cava and achieve the fine bubbles that we like so much. It also needs time to express the richness of aromas and flavours of each vintage.
And here the role of mothers is very important.
The mothers are the sediments resulting from the second fermentation and their function is to protect and nourish the cava. Citrus, ripe fruit, toasted, smoked, sherry... Everything is thanks to the intrinsic nature of the grape, the generosity of the mothers and the art of patience © house brand.
Do you like cava...
foodies & wine lovers
green & slowlife lovers
vanlife & camperlife lovers
foodies & wine lovers
green & slowlife lovers
vanlife & camperlife lovers
What do they say about us?
A tour of cava excellence: A much-loved cava. A tiny, luxury producer, one of those that you have to go see no matter what. We are tasting his house top [Guilera AGOSARAT] in a year that was really wonderful, 2006. Autolysis to the maximum, a product of great expression, from a small producer, something truly phenomenal. If you did not know it, you may be interested because it will not disappoint you. It is one of the projects that we really like to have and offer at the restoration level.
I visited DO Cava in October, tried some fantastic examples of aged cava, and this was my absolute favorite [Guilera Green Xarel·la 2012]. From a small family producer specializing in long aging, Guilera Brut Nature Gran Reserva is a 100% xarel·lo, my favorite of the three native Cava varieties. A decade on the lees, disgorged just a month before we tried it, it thrilled with its freshness, its gently invigorating mousse, its surprising purity and its delicious minerality.
One of the best quality-price sparkling wines [Guilera Brut Nature Reserva] of all those made in our house. A cava to fill the trunk in order to end up filling the pantry, as before. A cava to fill the glass during an appetiser in which time has to be filled while we wait for the food to finish cooking. A cava, in short, to fill a table with joy and pleasure, since that is what the art of drinking cava is also 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?
Pere Guilera is a viticulturist, oenologist and president of Pimecava, the association of small and medimum sized cava producers. He is one of the great defenders of the landscape of the vineyard. A simple, educated and intelligent man. One of the great characters in the cava sector that is worth knowing. I highly recommend the visit. It is where I have taken my family to harvest.
Pere has been a man firmly rooted and committed to the region. He spoke about landscape when the rest only saw polygons and he never tired of introducing the concept of wine tourism. A critical spirit in the best sense of the word, never stopping looking for complicity. Today, when the first proposals for wine tourism in the region are just being born, he is already talking about limiting it in order to preserve the territory. The voice of Pere Guilera has been and is completely necessary when talking about Penedès.
There is an old way (which we call new) of being in the world. From awareness and respect for (bio) diversity. That is about inhabiting, cultivating, giving yourself time. There are few wineries that apply it with conviction, probably because it is difficult to take it to the extreme if there are no people with that sensitivity behind it. But in Cava Guilera, it happens. It happens that there is a woman like Marta Guilera who convinces. Because she does and says what she thinks. She is coherent and has a clean and clear look on the little piece of landscape of the Penedès that has been bequeathed to her and that she will bequeath.
Musivari, from Cava Guilera, the first cava awarded at the Worldstar Packaging WPO. The company Zekogram, designer of the original inclusive label of the Musivari cava, has added a new recognition for this work. The jury of one of the most important international packaging and design competitions awarded Zekogram in the Beverage category, in competition with more than 293 applications from 35 countries.
"Cavasfera, a life among Penedès vineyards" has won the jury prize at the International Film Festival in Catalan. Far from being the typical documentary about the production of cava, "Cavasfera" shows a close viticulturist, with a very special bond with the land he works. "I wanted to show the tranquility, the love for nature and the need to do the job slowly but well done, three of the most admirable qualities of Pere Guilera" says Jordi Canchales, who has made this proposal a reality with very limited resources.
cava guilera
Cava
Guarda
Superior
Cava
Guarda
Superior
Time to harmonise and let it be, in the welcome darkness of the cellar.
[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
Slow
Life
Cava
It is the pleasure of buoyancy, which is almost magic, and we miss it by running.
[Visit family winery]
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.
If you come by train we send you the cava for free.
*Minimum 6 bottles and shipping to the Iberian Peninsula.
Harmony
of the
Whole
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
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.
Blog cultural
Versatile as cava
Versatile like cava: the best cava is the one you like best!
At Cava Guilera we believe that cava needs time to become a Great Cava. For this reason we only make long-aging cavas: Reserva
Autumn pairings: Gran Reserva cava, cheese and quince _ recipe.
Our friend Patanàs has given us a few quinces from Lérida and we have decided to make quince jam. We shared my mother's recipe for
Thank you all for this fabulous trip!
Artistic direction and texts: Marta Guilera
Web design and programming: Mireia Balaguer
Animated digital collages: Raimon Benach
Main photographs: Sara Costa
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