Cosmic VinyatersCòsmic Vinyaters is the product of young visionary Salvador Batlle. Descended from a family of Catalan grape growers, Salva started making wine as a teenager. He subsequently studied agriculture, viticulture, and winemaking at university. In 2011 he moved to New Zealand to learn English while working abroad, learning other forms of viticulture and winemaking, then returning to the family estate the following year. Feeling the need to forge his own path, Salva purchased a small property that came with a cellar in Agullana within the Empordà D.O., a town that sits just 15 minutes from the French border and shares much culturally with the neighboring Roussillon. Alongside his partner Joana Padilla, he now works 9.5 hectares of vines split up between the Alt Empordà and his native Baix Penedès. The couple are rigorous in the vineyard, grafting over the many non-native grapes with indigenous varieties such as Carinyena Gris, and working organically and biodynamically. They embrace winemaking with a creative spirit, working with many different vessels for fermentation and aging, searching for pure, energetic and harmonious wines that show a direct vibrational connection from their grapes and two distinct terroirs.
The Wines
Emporda Fades del Granit 50% Garnacha Negra, 30% Cariñena Blanca and 20% Cariñena Gris from two organically and biodynamically farmed parcels planted in 1998 and 2016 in granite sand at 300-500m elevation. The grapes are destemmed and macerated on skins for 5 days before pressing to stainless steel tank. The wine goes through primary fermentation in tank before bottling just before fermentation is complete in the ancestral method without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. Valentia 100% Cariñena Blanca from two organically and biodynamically farmed parcels planted in 1964 and 1968 in granite sand at 200-270m elevation. The grapes are destemmed and macerated on skins for 4 days before pressing to stainless steel tank. The wine goes through primary fermentation and aging on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. Consciència Còsmica 100% Cariñena Gris from an organically and biodynamically farmed vineyard planted in 2016 on granite sand at 600m elevation. The grapes are 30% foot-trodden whole cluster and 70% destemmed, all macerated together for 14 days in an infusion style in stainless steel tank. The wine is gently pressed to finish fermentation in 50% stainless steel tank and 50% glass, then aged on fine lees in stainless steel tank for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and 9mg/L total SO2. Destí 85% Muscat de Alexandria and 15% Cariñena Blanca from an organically and biodynamically farmed parcel planted in 1999 on granite sand at 122m elevation. The grapes are lightly foot trodden whole-cluster and macerated on stems & skins for 12 days before pressing to stainless steel tank. The wine goes through primary fermentation and aging on fine lees for 3 months before bottling without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. Constel.lació Cariñena Blanca, Cariñena Gris, Cariñena Negra, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Gris, Garnacha Negra, Moscatel de Alexandria, and Malvasía from an organically and biodynamically farmed co-planted vineyard planted in 2017 on granite sand at 230m elevation. The grapes are 30% destemmed and macerated for 5 days, 30% direct pressed, and 40% foot-trodden whole cluster and macerated for 12 days in an infusion style in stainless steel tank. The wine is gently pressed and combined in stainless steel tank to finish fermentation and aging on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and 9mg/L total SO2. Escarinyades 60% Cariñena Blanca, 25% Cariñena Negra and 15% Cariñena Negra from two organically and biodynamically farmed parcels planted in 1964 and 2014 on granite sand at 290m elevation. The grapes are destemmed and macerated for 5 days before pressing to 85% stainless steel tank and 15% amphora, where it finishes fermentation and ages on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. El Teu Mar Les Meves Muntanyes Cariñena Blanca, Cariñena Gris, Cariñena Negra, Garnacha Blanca, Garnacha Gris and Garnacha Negra from two organically and biodynamically farmed parcels planted in 1921 (Yoyo in Banyuls) on slate soils at 150m and 2017 (Empordà) on granite sand at 280m elevation. The Grenache (50% from Yoyo) undergoes carbonic maceration for 10 days before pressing. The Cariñena (Cosmic) is foot-trodden whole-cluster and macerated for 7 days before pressing. The wine finishes fermentation and ages on fine lees for 3 months before bottling without fining or filtering and <10mg/L total SO2. Confiança 95% Garnacha Negra and 5% Cariñena Negra from an organically and biodynamically farmed parcel planted in 1974 on granite sand at 290m elevation. One part of the grapes is destemmed and cold macerated, another part is whole-cluster direct-pressed, and the last (ripest) part of the grapes is whole-cluster macerated for a few days before pressing to stainless steel tank. The combined wine goes through primary fermentation and aging on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. Llibertat Garnacha Negra from two organically and biodynamically farmed parcels planted in 1964 and 1968 on granite sand at 200-270m elevation. The grapes are lightly foot trodden whole-cluster and macerated on stems & skins for 5 days before pressing to stainless steel tank. The wine goes through primary fermentation and aging on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. Penedes Vitalitat 80% Parellada and 20% Moscatel de Alexandria from organically farmed parcels planted in 1967 and 2002 in white clay and limestone soils at 500m elevation. The grapes are destemmed and macerated on skins for 3 days before gently pressing to stainless steel tank. The wine goes through primary fermentation in tank before bottling just before fermentation is complete in the ancestral method, without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. Fades del Calcari 100% Sumoll from an organically farmed parcel planted in 1965 on shallow clay and limestone soils at 300m elevation. The grapes are harvested by hand and directly pressed whole-cluster to stainless steel tank. The wine goes through primary fermentation in tank before bottling just before fermentation was complete in the ancestral method, without fining or filtering and 8mg/L total SO2. Via Fora Blanc 100% Macabeu from an organically farmed parcel planted in 1956 on red clay and limestone soils at 312m elevation. The grapes are destemmed and 50% is macerated for 12 days while 50% is only macerated for 1 day, then pressed to stainless steel tank. The wine finishes fermentation in tank and ages on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and <10mg/L total SO2. Connexió Còsmica 100% Xarel-lo from an organically farmed parcel planted in 2010 on red clay and limestone soils at 300m elevation. The grapes are destemmed and macerated for 8 days before pressing to stainless steel tank. The wine finishes fermentation in tank and ages on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and <10mg/L total SO2. Gratitud Negre 70% Cabernet Franc, 20% Sumoll and 10% Marselan from two organically farmed parcels planted in 1999 and 2003 on red clay and limestone soils at 300-500m elevation. The grapes are partially destemmed and macerated for 3-7 days, then pressed to 90% stainless steel tank and 10% clay amphora. The wine finishes fermentation and ages on fine lees for 4 months before bottling without fining or filtering and <10mg/L total SO2. |
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