History Vall Llach
Vall Llach was founded in 1990 by Lluis Llach and Enric Costa. Lluis Llach is the most famous Catalan singer; Enric Costa is a lawyer and owns several plots of vines. Both of them wanted to get back to their roots and decided to revive old blocks of vines spread out between Porrera and Torroja, in Priorat; mainly small patches on steep slopes, called «trossos». The grapes are Grenache or Carignan, nothing else. Restoring these trossos was an endless task, but in 1998, Val Llach was able to produce its first wine, before presenting it to the public at the end of 2000. Meanwhile, Lluis Llach had an old house renovated, La Final, in the heart of Porrera. This is where the micro-vinifications of the different trossos take place. 200 m further down the road, Lluis also had another house, Cal Valdrich, restored. It now houses the ageing cellar. The top blend, named «Vall Llach», comes exclusively from the estate’s trossos; it is some kind of quintessencial Carignan. But the estate also produces the «Idus», made out of other trossos grapes, bought from other growers. With its younger vines, Vall Llach also makes a third red wine, the Embruix (enchantment). The white cuvée, Aigua de Llum, is a blend of Viognier and Grenache blanc planted on one of the highest plots of vines in Porrera. All vines are farmed biodynamically, in an environmentally friendly way, respecting the flora and the fauna.