Cigonyes Rosado 2022 – Castillo Perelada

In the village of Perelada in northeastern Spain, Miguel Mateu, former mayor of Barcelona, ​​bought Castillo Perelada in 1923. The castle turned out to have a long tradition of wine culture: old wine cellars were discovered under the castle, where wine had been made by the Carmelites since the Middle Ages. Miguel’s great dream was to restore this age-old tradition.

Today, three generations later, Castillo Perelada can count itself as one of the most important wine estates in Empordà. Not only Perelada, but also the DO Empordà already has a long wine tradition: the Greeks founded the first vineyards there in the 6th century BC. These vineyards were further cultivated by the Romans and later by the Benedictines. The area is enclosed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees and has a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summers.