Two new awards
for Masia Duch.
This latest recognition opens up market opportunities in Britain
Our staff/Reus
Decanter is Britain’s most prestigious magazine devoted to the world of wine, and Masia Duch has just received a Bronze Award for the quality of its wines. The company is also celebrating the award of the Silver medal at the 51st Vino Ljubljana international wine competition in Slovenia, in the reserve wines category. This is in fact the oldest competition in the wine world.
The wine cellar of Masia Duch was set up in 1985. It is in fact the oldest of the new generation of Catalan wine cellars. The estate where all the grapes used to make its wines are picked is on lands formerly belonging to the Carthusian monastery of Escaladei.
The estate which today is home to the Masia Duch was the residence of the Prior of the monastery in the 13th century. It had a flour mill and, around the 16th or 17th century, an olive oil press was set up there.
La recerca de l’excel·lència
The winery relies on the latest technology, with controlled temperatures and stainless steel tanks and fermentation vats.
Another of the paths taken in the search for quality is that of traditional craftsmanship. The raw material is selected as it has been for generations, by hand. Moreover, the grapes are checked to ensure that they are at the ideal point of ripeness.
Delfí Duch, the owner of Masia Duch, states that “all the grapes used to make our wines come from our estate, and we do not sell to co-operatives.”
The wood used for the casks is not chosen at random. They are made from American and French oak (Allier and Limousin). Reserve wines are aged for a year in the oak barrels. A further year is devoted to the process of coupage: the fusion of two wines of the same vintage and from the same estate, the aim being to improve the quality).
The annual production of Masia Duch is between 80,000 and 100,000 bottles.
A farm shop is planned for late 2006 or early 2007, selling wine and olive oil.
50% of this production, within the Priorat wine denomination, is destined for the Spanish market, with the rest going abroad, largely to Japan, Switzerland, Norway and Mexico.
The award given by Decanter magazine will also lead to exports to the United Kingdom in the short term.
The company defines its growth as “gradual but at the same time constant,” reinforcing its profile and its prospects for diversifying its business in the future. |
