Clot de les SoleresCarles i Montse
Carles works the vineyard and Montse makes the wine. Clot de les Soleres is a family project born at Heretat Ferrer, in the Vall de Piera (Anoia), where the winery literally lives surrounded by its plots. Farmers' and artisans' wines: single-varietals made without chemical products, unfiltered, unfined. Nothing is added or taken away.
The winery is located at Heretat Ferrer, in the Vall de Piera, in the Anoia region (Catalonia). A particularity of the project is that the winery is inside the vineyards themselves: Carles farms the plots that surround it and Montse makes the wine right next door. A very short chain between vine and bottle.
- Respectful viticulture: no chemical-synthesis products
- Minimal-intervention winemaking: spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts
- No filtration, no fining, no oenological additives
- All the wines are single-varietal: each bottle expresses one variety and one vintage
- Varieties: Malvasía, Cabernet Sauvignon, Macabeo
Clot de les Soleres is what is known as a 'vino de payés' — a farmer's wine: made by the one who works the land, without intermediaries, without large infrastructure. Carles and Montse's vision is as simple as it is profound: respect the land and the vineyard so that each variety expresses itself freely. Healthy, natural, authentic wines.
The Vall de Piera is a micro-territory within the Anoia, an inland Catalan Penedès region. A transition zone between the coast and the interior, with enough altitude to maintain freshness and thermal range. The Anoia has a long winemaking tradition, but it is precisely in small family projects like Clot de les Soleres that the character of the land is expressed most faithfully.
The collection at Terroir Radical
Direct pressing of our own organic grapes. No filtration, no fining, no oenological additives or added sulphites. 4,500 bottles.
Golden yellow colour with amber highlights. Nose of butter, vanilla, cooked apple and cream — a Chardonnay with ageing. Broad, generous palate, well balanced, correct acidity. A 2019 Chardonnay from Piera that shows its maturity. Made without any chemical products, neither filtered nor fined. A wine of terroir and cépage.
Direct pressing. Intense natural bubble. No filtration, no fining, no oenological additives or added sulphites. 6,360 bottles.
Pale yellow colour with greenish reflections. Mineral nose of citrus, white flowers and stony notes. Cutting, fresh palate, marked acidity and very mineral. A Xarel·lo from Piera made with maximum minimalism: no chemical products, neither filtered nor fined. The variety at the pure service of the terroir.
Direct pressing with 2 months of ageing in amphora. Very limited edition of 800 bottles. No filtration, no fining, no oenological additives or added sulphites.
Golden-yellow colour. Exotic nose of tropical fruit, flowers and honey —Malvasia in its pure state. Generous, aromatic palate, moderate acidity and long finish. A Malvasia that shows the richness of the grape in the lands of Piera, without additives or filtration. Carles and Montse Mora, biodynamic winemaking.
Deep amber-gold colour. Complex nose of dried fruit, ripe yellow fruit, honey and earthy notes —the amphora ageing is evident. Broad palate, enveloping texture and long finish. Piera Macabeu made in a timeless way, with no sulphites or filtration. Carles and Montse Mora.
Bright salmon colour with orange reflections. Nose of strawberries, pink cherries and wildflowers. Fresh, light, very easy-drinking palate. A rosé of organic Garnatxa from Piera that shows the fruity, vibrant character of the variety. No additives, no filtration.
Editorial note
I met him at the Natural Wine Fair in Valencia. Carles Andreu had a simple table, a few bottles and little else —but when I tried his wines I was stunned. Clot de les Soleres works in the Vall de Piera, in the Anoia of Catalonia, with varieties such as Chardonnay, Xarel·lo and Malvasia under organic viticulture. Sincere natural wine, without oenological correction. Simplicity and purity as a philosophy of life and of the winery.
— Terroir Radical