Wines
Summary
In 1957 Joan Esteve Nadal, brought the first tractor to Penedès to further improve his farming and expanded the family’s holdings to four parcels totaling about 40 hectares. While the family continued to sell the majority of their produce to the large Cava houses at this time, Joan Esteve had been spending time in France, learning how to make world-class, hand-made sparkling wine. With that experience, the first Avinyó Cava with a label was produced in 1979 in very small quantities.
Avinyó is still owned and operated by the Esteve family and continues to be one of the very few smaller and independent Cava producers in Penedes region. It is also one of the few estates farming their vineyards organically planted to the indigenous varieties of xarel-lo, macabeo, and parellada.
Dedication to quality at Avinyó is paramount. The minimum aging for their “entry-level” Reserva cuvée is 24 months, with many of their bottlings receiving at least 36 months of time on the lees. In addition to being produced solely from estate-grown grapes and with extended lees-aging in bottle, all Avinyó Cava is from a single-vintage, clearly labeled on the bottle. No reserve solera wine is used
