Sightseeing

Empordàlia is the Empordà embodied in wine and olive oil

Catalonia's richest region in historical, cultural and fantastical personality brings the past and present together in its finest offerings: the fruits of the vine and the olive oil. Empordàlia is the living chronicle of an age-old legacy that looks to the future. It has been created out of the union of the cooperative wineries of Pau, Roses and Vilajuïga: three villages, many lands and an exclusive harvest that spreads beyond the municipalities themselves.

We work an area of land on a human scale: 500 hectares of centuries-old olive groves and 350 hectares of both new and old autochtonous vines. Our rocky terrain is swept by the tramuntana wind, receives only moderate rainfall and is permeated by the salt air of the sea. We rise when it is still dark but are the first in the Iberian Peninsula to see the new day's sun. We strive to preserve the wisdom of our land and to transform nature with love and respect.

The visit

You can choose the options you like, it depends on the time you have and your preferences. The visits can last more or less depending to the circumstances.

• Vines

Green vines under the sun, leaves that turn gold at harvest time. Old vines of an excellent, unique quality, with limited production. New vines, more adaptable and generous, with surprising nuances. The soil concentrates the deposit of all the atmospheric agents, the aroma of an exquisite flora, the balance salts of a rich mineralogy. Here the vines take root and intelligently absorb the finest nutrients. Every single berry is a reduction of the land that has seen its birth and growth.

• The winery

Our commitment is quite simply to combine tradition and quality in every bottle, always under the Guarantee of Origin. To do this, our intention is for each vintage to conserve the defining features of this little region, and at the same time to ensure the necessary evolution afforded us by the latest technology.

• Olive Trees

This sturdy and seemingly immortal tree is inherent to the shores of the ancient Mediterranean. In the Empordà, its perennial leaves have shaken and danced in the wind for many centuries. Theses olive trees are an indispensable element of this landscape that ranges from the rugged hills of the Cap de Creus to the neat, fertile fields of the sun-soaked plain.

• Oil mill

The olive tree and its fruit are the source of natural olive oil, which admits no deceit. We will be able to see the modern mill that now a days crush our olives to get Oli de Pau, and also the old one, made of stones, that 12 years ago still extracted juice from our olives. Extra virgin olive oil, glowing, radiant, the basis of an age-old diet, the keystone of an entire culture. An olive oil with a Protected Guarantee of Origin obtained exclusively from the autochthonous Empordanese varieties, from trees that are old but still extremely robust.

To reserve:

Post an e-mail to info@empordalia.com or call on +(34) 972 53 01 40

Timetable of wine shops:

PAU: Monday to Saturday > 9am to 1pm / From 3pm to 7pm
VILAJUÏGA: Monday to Saturday > 9.30am to 7pm

Sunday > 9.30am to 2pm
In summer open until 8pm.

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