150 years ago, Joan Rofes planted the first vines at Casa Gabriel in Darmós, with the dream passed down to his descendants. He began the winegrowing tradition by planting his own vines one by one and then making the resulting wine on the lower floor of his own home. So began the legacy of VINYES D’EN GABRIEL.

Even back then he was cultivating the land organically, following natural cycles and with the firmly held belief that to get the best results all you had to do was listen to what the land and the vines were telling you.His descendants have held true to this belief over the passing of the years and the growth of the winery as it moved from the house itself to a larger space in Darmós itself.

Over the course of the bodega’s 150-year history, no chemical products have been used to treat or boost the production of our vines. The result is the vigorous, healthy, wise soil that we treat today with the same respect that it was shown in the early days of Casa Gabriel.

These painstaking efforts have proved valuable: in the twenty-first century, Josep Maria Anguera, part of the fourth generation, has created today’s VINYES D’EN GABRIEL bearing in mind the foundations of the old bodega. The spacious and modern new facilities are in the spirit of the old house.

Josep Maria constructed a modern facility in 2001 while continuing to work with a legacy of Grenache, Tempranillo and Carignan vines that are at least 70 years old and some up to 100 years old, as well as Syrah vines planted 15 years ago. He farms 15 hectares of vineyards in Darmós and 7 hectares in La Figuera, from which he produces 40,000-50,000 bottles each year.

The vines grow on chalky, clay and granular soils, standing some 125–200 metres above the level of the nearby sea, less than twenty miles away. This proximity to the sea, along with the low rainfall and the substantial temperature variations between day and night, combine to provide ideal conditions for our vines to produce grapes of outstanding quality. This is the real source of our wines, and of their characteristic minerality.

This is a dream underpinned by perseverance, daily work in the field, and harmonious dialogue with the land, combining to enable us to offer you these honest, expressive and utterly genuine wines.