Celler Tuets is a small family winery in Aiguamurcia, a small village situated in the Alt Camp area in the province of Tarragona. The creator of the wines is Albert Domingo, a passionate and enthusiastic young winemaker, whom together with his father work the family estate, 70 hectares of land which have been in the family’s hand over six generations, of those, 22 ha are planted with vines on predominately calcareous soils at an altitude between 500 – 600 meters above sea level. The wines are organically farmed using biodynamic principles of which Albert is very fond of. They have been practicing organic farming for a long time and since a few years the farm has been fully certified organic. Albert’s philosophy is zero intervention, manual harvest, all the wines are vinified in stainless steel vats, fermented with natural yeasts, no finning, stabilization or filtering and sulphite and additive free. The Tuets Tot Blanc is made from a blend of all the white varieties of the winery, with its own yeasts, 3262 bottles were made.
Farming: Biodynamic
Vegan
Located high in the hills of the southernmost border of the Spanish appellation D.O. Penedès, Tuets Vi Natural makes natural wine in northeastern Spain. We practice traditional organic farming with minimal intervention in our wine-making. The estate is relatively large but the majority is forested with pine trees and shrubby garrigue--nature is present all around.
In the center of the estate, the namesake Mas Tuets, a farmhouse dating from the 1700’s, stands close to the newly-built cellar. Pronounced too-EHTS, Tuets Vi Natural can be a play on words in Catalan, the language spoken in this region of Spain, Catalonia. Tuets Vi Natural plays on “tu ets vi natural”, meaning “you are natural wine”.
Building on generations of his family’s labors, owner Albert Domingo decided in 2012 to make natural wines. Albert inherited not only the estate, but an emotional attachment to his farm and the traditional methods of caring for his family’s vineyards. He brings a holistic, spiritual approach to farming and cellar work. If he works feeling centered and at peace, then his vines will be healthy and balanced. In every step of the way, he consciously, deliberately decides how to best manifest the fruit. Such is why his wines are of a single grape, wines that genuinely speak of the vines, the soil and the human hands from which they come. Naturally made, mindfully made.
Grapes: Chenin Blanco, Garnacha Blanca, Parellada, Macabeo, Moscatel de Alejandría.
Country: Spain
Region: Catalonia (Between Penedes and Tarragona)
Tasting: Savory, creamy and cloudy, tropical pineapple and mango with a hint of salt