Wine route through Corpinnat

The old­est doc­u­ment in the fam­ily his­tory dates back to June 1395. Over the cen­turies, the fam­ily sur­name has changed as a re­sult of suc­ces­sive mar­riages until ar­riv­ing at the cur­rent one, Torelló, which cor­re­sponds to the 22nd and 23rd gen­er­a­tion, the fam­ily that today owns the busi­ness. They work the vine­yards ac­cord­ing to eco­log­i­cal viti­cul­ture, seek­ing to in­crease the bio­di­ver­sity in and around the vine­yard.

In the win­ery’s cel­lars, which take up 5,500 square me­tres of un­der­ground pas­sages, some two mil­lion bot­tles rest in the dark and at a con­trolled tem­per­a­ture. Torelló only makes long-aged sparkling wines, white, rosé and red DO Penedès wines, extra vir­gin olive oil and Cor­pin­nat sparkling wines. The sparkling wines made with grapes from their own Can Martí or­ganic farm are aged for a min­i­mum of 18 months and up to 10 years in some cases.

The doors of the Torelló win­ery are open to all vis­i­tors wish­ing to learn more about the his­tory of the fam­ily, the vine­yards and the win­ery it­self. There are three types of arranged vis­its, al­ways in small groups and com­pletely per­son­alised: Tra­di­tional visit, Tast­ing Masia visit and Brunch Can Martí.

The out­door restau­rant is lo­cated on the Can Martí es­tate, amid vine­yards and next to the me­dieval farm­house of the Torelló fam­ily.

Bar­be­quiú Torelló boasts a large ter­race where vis­i­tors to the win­ery can enjoy a suc­cu­lent bar­be­cue set menu made with a gourmet touch, which is ac­com­pa­nied by DO Penedès wines as well as long-aged Cor­pin­nat sparkling wines from the win­ery it­self.

The ex­pe­ri­ence be­gins with a visit to the fam­ily farm­house and the un­der­ground cel­lars, where the his­tory of Torelló and the process of mak­ing Cor­pin­nat wines and other sparkling wines are ex­plained into de­tail. At the end, vis­i­tors can go on to enjoy a bar­be­cue menu in the purest Torelló style at the Bar­be­quiú area.

There are four bar­be­cues sched­uled for the month of May, and an­other four pro­grammed for next Oc­to­ber. If you want to live a Bar­be­quiú Torelló ex­pe­ri­ence, book al­ready, as the ta­bles are very lim­ited (not rec­om­mended for chil­dren under 14 years of age).