Mas Oller

The Empordà is a legendary wine-producing region, where the Greeks first introduced grapes back in the year 600 BC. The Empordà is situated in northeast Catalonia and Mas Oller is an old estate owned by the Esteva family. It was in Torrent, in the county of the Petit Empordà with views of the city walls of Pals and the Medes Islands, where Carlos Esteva –owner of the prestigious winery Can Ràfols dels Caus- rescued the family estate from oblivion, building a cellar in what was the old cow shed and replanting vineyards in what had
formerly been the best wine-producing estate in Pals. Nowadays, nearly 300 years after it was built, Mas Oller has become a benchmark winery in the D.O. Empordà with wines which express the essence of the area and a philosophy firmly rooted in quality. In the year 2000, Carlos Esteva decided to plant vines in order to produce new, prestigious, high-quality wines. Some wine was made from the young vines in the earlier vintages and was sold locally. Now, the vines have reached the right age for achieving the desired concentration
of fruit. The first wines were launched in April 2009 and the response since then has been extremely positive. According to the Peñín wine guide of 2010, we are on the right track: Mas Oller Pur 2008 was awarded 93 points and Mas Oller Mar 92 points. No other red or white wine in the D.O. Empordà had been awarded such high scores up to that point.