History Romans already made wines in this area. Carthusian monks promote cultivation in the county and in the 19th century those wines reached the best recognitions in World Fairs all over the world. DO Montsant is an area where landscape and wine went always together along the years, and where even old vineyards have a History to tell. A History that goes to the future with a renewed enthusiasm.
Future To know completely about the DO Montsant potential future, it is just necessary to see what some of the most important specialized magazines in the world think about us. The famous Guía Peñín overboard declares that “the quality of Montsant wines and its good prices makes this region in an excellent choice”. Also in USA, it has been wrote about the DO Montsant potential. “Montsant is a wineproducing area which could be known for its exceptional wines. It is something that it needs possibly to be follow with interest and an enormous attention”, declared Wine and Spirits magazine.
Who are we Venus la Universal is a project with gods names, where we would like to show the importance of natural cycles in everything around us and connections between them and the Earth, between people and vineyard, between vineyard and wine, between wine and pleasure... Sara Pérez (Mas Martinet) and René Barbier (Clos Mogador), after forming themselves in their Priorat wineries with their respectively families, responsible for the DOQ Priorat rebirth, they decided to take the adventure with Venus la Universal.
What do we do Dido Blanc, Dido and Venus, they are the three wines produce by us in a totally organic way and with a total respect to our land and our beliefs. The idea is to exploit all earth’s riches and varieties existing in Montsant and to try to describe an area with its wines. Sensual, feminine, intense and full of richness wines. We take all power Montsant has, thanks to its local grape varieties: Grenache and Carignan…
Viticulture La Universal project is made by 5 vinegrower families who belief, participate, work and are commit themselves in organic agriculture. We fertilize our vineyards with organic matter, we steppep it up with herbal tea and we work to increase biodiversity year by year in vineyards, looking for a natural balance with natural environment.
Ground In La Universal, we work with vineyards located in three big areas very different in climate and ground. Red Dido vineyards are located in Falset area, on light degrade granite ground, called “sauló”. These are hot and poor in organic matter grounds that emphasize grape ripeness and fruity flavors. Venus vineyards are located between Marçà and Guiamets, on clay-calcareous, deep and fresh ground, with a slow, complex and elegant ripeness. White Dido vineyards are located on calcareous, stony, not very deep grounds to improve intensity and aromatic persistence...
Making process Everything used inVenus la Universal wine making process is a part from our environment. Even yeast belongs to our agro systems. Using wild native yeasts, fermentation and maceration is made slowly and at the same time. In some Grenaches we use grape stems and most grapes ferment with a whole grain. The ageing process try to be very respectful with wine expression and with every vintage, so we are not able to find an equal vintage as for wood or ageing time is concern.
