Emilie Mutombo
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Emilie Mutombo’s journey to making natural wine started with drinking it in her hometown of Brussels, Belgium. Working in events, she encountered then embraced the growing world of natural wine in the 2000s and early 2010s. A fascination that began at small wine bars grew to attending the natural wine fairs, then studying oenology and learning about biodynamic agriculture and the more conventional side of winemaking at Domaine du Chêne Bleu in Gigondas. 

Emilie’s trajectory changed when she met Massimo Marchiori of Partida Creus at the Les Anonymes wine salon in 2017. Taken with the wines, the ethos, and Massimo’s personality, she moved to Bonastre to work with Partida Creus that same year. The wines that Emilie makes today are greatly influenced by the years of apprenticeship and collaboration at Partida Creus with Antonella Gerosa and Massimo.

Emilie began making small quantities of wine under her own name in the same year she arrived in Bonastre, working with grapes purchased from Partida Creus. In 2020 she shifted to focusing on her own project full-time. Working carefully in her small cellar and farming plots around Bonastre, Emilie is now making tiny quantities of several local varieties. Her labels bear striking, abstract artwork created by her brother Frédéric.

The Wines

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​MC ​is 100% Macabeu from 15-year-old vines on an organically farmed vineyard planted to clay and limestone soils at 182 meters elevation. The grapes were harvested by hand and given a short maceration on skins before being pressed to stainless steel tank. The wine fermented and rested in tank for 10 months before bottling without fining, filtering, or sulfur additions.
 
Lia ​is 100% Garnatxa Blanca from 15-year-old vines on an organically farmed vineyard planted to clay and limestone soils at 182 meters elevation. The grapes were harvested by hand and skin macerated for two weeks before being pressed to stainless steel tank. The wine fermented and rested in tank for 10 months before bottling without fining, filtering, or sulfur additions.
 
LaTrepat ​is 100% Trepat from 20-year-old vines on an organically farmed vineyard planted to clay and limestone soils at 182 meters elevation. The grapes were harvested by hand, 80% were carbonically macerated while 20% were destemmed, crushed and macerated. All was pressed to stainless steel tank to finish fermentation, and rested in tank for 10 months before bottling without fining, filtering, or sulfur additions.
 
ET ​is Cartoixa Vermell, Ull de Llebre and Parellada from 20-year-old vines on an organically farmed vineyard planted to clay and limestone soils at 182 meters elevation. The grapes were harvested by hand with 70% direct pressed and 30% kept whole berry and infused into the pressed juice. The wine was then pressed to stainless steel tank to finish fermentation, and rested in tank for 10 months before bottling without fining, filtering, or sulfur additions.
 
ULE ​is 100% Ull de Llebre from 50-year-old vines on an organically farmed vineyard planted to clay and limestone soils at 182 meters elevation. The grapes were harvested by hand with 70% direct pressed and 30% kept whole berry and infused into the pressed juice. The wine was then pressed to stainless steel tank to finish fermentation, and rested in tank for 10 months before bottling without fining, filtering, or sulfur additions.
 
OLO ​is 100% Sumoll from 40-year-old vines on an organically farmed vineyard planted to clay and limestone soils at 182 meters elevation. The grapes were harvested by hand and given a short maceration on skins before being pressed to stainless steel tank. The wine fermented and rested in tank for 10 months before bottling without fining, filtering, or sulfur additions.
 
Cuvée Bruxelles ​is 100% Syrah from 30-year-old vines on an organically farmed vineyard planted to clay and limestone soils at 182 meters elevation. The grapes were harvested by hand and carbonically macerated in stainless steel tank, and rested in tank until bottling the following January without fining, filtering, or sulfur additions.

Location

General Info

  • Founded: 2017
  • Region: Baix Penedès
  • Town: Bonastre
  • Climate: Mediterranean
  • Soils: Limestone​

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