Maius Viticultors

The origins of bodega Maius Viticultors go back to 1949, when Mr. Manuel Gómez opened a retail wine shop, Celler Santa Maria, in Sant Cugat del Vallès, a city near Barcelona. In 1998, the Gómez Doblado family took their passion for wine a step further and decided to start making their own wines.

After considering several regions, they finally chose the DOQ Priorat, Catalonia's most prestigious wine producing area, and named the company Maius after the Major Cloister of La Cartoixa d'Escala Dei, the historical cradle of Priorat. The maiden vintage of the Celler Maius winery, supervised by winemaker Eloi Milà, hit the market in 2004. The winery's current winemaker is Joan Solè.

Located in an area called 'Barranc de la Bruixa', in the village of La Morera del Montsant, the estate vineyards of bodega Maius Viticultors have a surface area of 22 hectares and are certified organic since 2015. The winery mainly cultivates the traditional Priorat varieties Grenache and Carignan, as well as White Grenache, Macabeo and the international varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah. South-oriented, the vines grow in a soil made of a mixture of llicorella (slate), gravel and limestone rock.

Placed in the midst of the vineyards, the winemaking facility of Celler Maius Viticultors was built in 2011. The state-of-the art building was designed to meet rigorous standards of environmental sustainability and energy efficiency. Most of its volume is buried underground, so as to process grapes by gravity and to ensure a constant temperature throughout the year.

The wine portfolio of Bodega Maius Viticultors is comprised of red and white wines, which are typically vinified in stainless steel tanks and, in some cases, aged in French and American oak barrels.

• Year of foundation: 1998
• Address: Barranc de la Bruixa Polígon 11, parcela 16
• City: La Morera de Montsant
  
• Province: Tarragona
• Zip code: 43361
  
• Country: Spain
• Phone number: 34 696 998 575
  
• www.maiusviticultors.com
• Guided visits? Yes
• Wine tourism services?  No

Designation of origin:

DOQ Priorat

Red wine varieties:

Grenache, Carignan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah.   

White wine varieties:

White Grenache, Macabeo.