Information, self-awareness and a robust sense of id are all characters that outline true pioneers. These present the foundational power and motivation to go one step additional, driving innovation and creativity. This may definitely be stated of Juvé & Camps, an organization constructed upon greater than two centuries of expertise in Penedès, and whose identify is synonym with Cava Gran Reserva.
Historic roots
The origins of Juvé & Camps date again to 1796, when Joan Juvé Mir first invested in vineyards within the iconic Catalonian area of Penedès. His son, Antoni Juvé Escaiola, would stay via the phylloxera plague and drive efforts to replant and revive winemaking within the area. The fervour and entrepreneurial spirit of those two patriarchs paved the way in which for Joan Juvé Baqués, Antoni’s son, to discovered the household’s vineyard. In 1921, Joan launched the primary glowing wine produced within the cellar of the house the place he lived along with his spouse Teresa Camps Ferrer. And thus Juvé & Camps was born.
The couple’s sons joined the corporate within the Forties and drove its progress, with the constructing of a devoted facility in Sant Sadurní d’Anoia and the funding of state-of-the-art manufacturing gear. The corporate centered on the creation of the very best conventional methodology glowing wines, with prolonged ageing sur lattes, that might finest specific the grapes and terroir of Penedès. There was additionally, at all times, a specific give attention to viticultural requirements – the historical past of Juvé & Camps began within the winery and that is nonetheless the place the first high quality and character of the wines is fostered. Immediately, Juvé & Camps has 271 hectares underneath vine, all of that are farmed organically and harvested by hand.
Such quest for high quality, from root to glass, was by no means seen via the perspective of inaccessible exclusivity. High quality, stability, purity and drive are seen, quite, as obligatory attributes of wines to accompany life’s easy pleasures and particular moments. Companions that assist to create shared recollections and etch the tales of who we’re.
Perpetual renewal
Juvé & Camps stays dynamic and younger at coronary heart, animated by the identical inquisitive, demanding and daring spirit that knowledgeable its inception. There’s a continuing questioning and eagerness to enhance, seen in ever-more demanding standards in each winery and cellar.
To maintain this spirit nicely alive, there’s a pure generational transition already occurring: third era Joan Juvé Santacana is the corporate’s president, whereas fourth era Meritxell Juvé Vaello is the CEO or, fairly merely, Juvé & Camps’ ‘bodeguera’. Having incomes an MBA, Meritxell is able to lead the corporate, because it enters its second century of historical past, with the identical exacting requirements and pursuit of stability.
Meritxell Juvé Vaello
A symbolic wine
The wine that finest epitomises the philosophy of Juvé & Camps is the corporate’s flagship Reserva de la Familia, a Gran Reserva Brut Nature made solely from free-run juice and aged for a mean of 36 months in bottle previous to degorgement. A mix of the enduring trio of native grapes – Macabeo, Xarel·lo and Parellada – the cuvée embodies the sense of place, dedication to high quality and laid again sophistication that form the home’s philosophy and elegance. Values which can be, nonetheless, mirrored throughout the vary of Juvé & Camps, producer of 35% of all Cavas within the Gran Reserva class, together with wines with nearly 9 years of ageing sur lattes.
Whereas celebrating 100 years of expertise and dedication, Juvé & Camps appears on the future with an eye fixed on the previous, bridging custom and innovation. The corporate’s passionate group know that the important thing to excellence are the instruments given by accrued information, ardour and craftsmanship. Immediately, as 100 years in the past, Juvé & Camps is an invite to face life’s challenges and alternatives with a way of willpower, class and pleasure. Salut!
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