Castell del Remei
In the 1980s the Cusine' family took over this wine property and started an
ambitious program of replanting. They planted, among other grape varieties,
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and other !"international" varities but
also kept the traditional grapes such as Macabeo, Xarel-Lo, Parellada and
Ull de Liebre (Tempranillo). The castle-like main building is surrounded
by land with a very good micro climate where e.g. Cabernet Sauvignon makes
very good wine.
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Cabernet Sauvignon - Training in what looks like a "double Cordon" (cordon double). Also trained higher than what is usual in France for this
pruning method
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There is also a church at the property. It was finished in the mid 20th century and has some very unusual mural paintings depicting the family that then owned the property (in modern clothes)
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The oak barriques are inscribed with chalk to show what they
wine contain
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The barrels are also marked by the cooper with its characteristics (MT+ probably indicating the degree or "toasting" (Moyen +; medium +) and maybe the origin of the oak(? - Troncais?). 3YR could mean the time the wood has dried before being made into barrels. Maybe...
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One of the fermentation halls. To the left painted steel tanks, in the middle oak barrels, and to the right old wooden fermentation tanks
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