Wine route through D. O. Conca de Barberà

Castell d’Or is among the first co­op­er­a­tives founded at the end of the 19th cen­tury and the be­gin­ning of the 20th cen­tury. Cur­rently there are some 16 co­op­er­a­tives, rep­re­sent­ing more than 2,200 farm­ing fam­i­lies who for gen­er­a­tions have worked closely with the land. For more than a hun­dred years, these fam­i­lies have been pro­duc­ing high-qual­ity wines and cavas, and pre­mium olive oil.

The win­ery, the first co­op­er­a­tive win­ery named the Cathe­dral of Wine, is in the mod­ernist style, dat­ing from 1913, with par­a­bolic brick arches and promi­nent Gothic lines. It has a shop, hosts the Wine Mu­seum, and of­fers the pos­si­bil­ity of vis­it­ing the Poblet Monastery.

The vine­yards of the Conca de Bar­berà have a low yield per hectare due to the harsh con­di­tions to which the plants are sub­jected. There is less pro­duc­tion, but they ob­tain a great must that is the basis for wines with a unique struc­ture, in­ten­sity and ex­pres­sive­ness, and which are also very aro­matic.

These are the wines that stand out within the Castell d’Or range of wines: their white wine made with the Macabeu white va­ri­ety and a lit­tle Mosca­tel; Castell d’Or rosé wine, made with the Trepat va­ri­ety, and the red wine made with a blend of Caber­net Franc and Mer­lot.

Arranged vis­its, for in­di­vid­u­als and groups.

Own­ers Rafael Lorca and Do­lors Re­quena took over in 1997 and turned the town inn into a gas­tro­nomic bench­mark in the re­gion. It is an ideal stop-off when doing the Cis­ter­cian Route, which in­cludes vis­its to the monas­ter­ies of Poblet, Santes Creus and Vall­bona de les Mon­ges, or if you visit the Poblet Vim­bodí Nat­ural Park and the im­pres­sive Prades moun­tains. The restau­rant of­fers qual­ity, local, tra­di­tional Cata­lan cui­sine with some mod­ern el­e­ments. The menu high­lights in­clude snails, wild boar, pig’s trot­ters, wal­nut omelette and a range of grilled meats.