The MESTRES family have been documented in Sant Sadurní d'Anoia since 1312 as the owner of vineyards and also as traders of grains and wines. The family has been connected to the wine world for 29 generations. At the time, the date of 1312 was taken as the year of the establishment of the MESTRES vineyards.

During the Christmas of 1928 the first bottle of Cava MESTRES was produced, which Josep Mestres Manobens produced with grapes from the vintage 1925. From this date the family specialized in the production of sparkling wines with a very long maturation made according to the champagne way namely the traditional method. From that moment on, MESTRES only focused on high quality and became a reference and benchmark for top cavas. Josep Mestres Manobens is the one who has started using a high-quality basic wine to make a Cava using a 'champagne' ('champenoise' method) without adding a sugar-liquid (this is used for the extra fermentation by most houses), which he called "Visol" ((WINE ON IT'S OWN). Mestres only works with wine and no addition. This is how the first Brut Nature was born and has been registered in the Patent and Trademark office since 1948. So Mestres are the parents of Brut Nature Today the 29th generation of the MESTRES family follows the path of their predecessors and maintains the restless and enterprising spirit that characterized the MESTRES family, a winery with seven centuries of history.

Throughout all those years we have been able to follow tradition and respect a philosophy of unique elaboration, bringing the name MESTRES and the word CAVA to excellence. Mestres is the living history of Cava. Today the MESTRES Cava's all have very high ratings.

The Clos Nostre Senyor is produced with grapes from their own vineyard and is the first Single Vineyard Cava. The Clos Nostre Senyor 2010 fermented and matured in barrique with lees for 10 months and then re-fermented in the bottle, where it may develop no less than 84 months, so the Nostre Senyor has matured for 8 years. This Cava also uses two natural corks (during and after degorgement and the wine has no extra sugar dosage (brutal nature). 2010 was a great year in the Penedes and the wine feels extremely young. It has a pale, clear color, paler than many younger wines and has a subtle and reserved nose.The taste is spicy, dry and serious.This is a very impressive Cava: it is still young and has potential for another decade (or more) in the bottle Of the 2010, only 4,936 bottles were produced.

One hundred percent of the sparkling wines from Mestres are aged under cork in the bottle. Mestres is a very traditional Cava producer and is compared in style to the "López de Heredia & Tondonia" among the Cava.

Drink the wine between 8-15ºC and advice from Mestres is to drink it even around 14-15 degrees. The Nostre Senyor Gran Reserva Brut Nature is a blend of Macabeu (20%) Xarel·lo (65%) Parellada (15%) coming from vineyards that were planted more than 50 years ago. Also with this Senyor two corks are used for each bottle to make the cava. The base wine is fermented and aged in chestnut barriques on its land for 10 months. The second fermentation in the bottle is completed in contact with the first 100% natural cork, in horizontal position for 84 months in the traditional bottle again on its lees. After the disgorgement (manual process of removing the dead yeast cells), place the second cork and the corresponding plaque in the bottle.

FACTS: MESTRES has always printed the disgorgement date on the label. The wine has received 94/100 Parker points.