Xarel·lo is indigenous to Catalonia and one of three grapes used in classic cava winemaking. Alongside Macabeo and Parellada, Xarel·lo contributes structure and acidity to the blend. Its thick skins are key to this structure, giving the grape an aging potential that has increasingly allowed it to stand on its own in contemporary cava winemaking.
The Pere Ventura Reserva stands for the nobility of Penedès, drawn from its three reigning varieties: Xarel·lo, Macabeu and Parellada. The classic blend of this land—the one through which every house reveals its own character, its own way of understanding where it comes from.
Xarel·lo brings the energy and the spine: bright citrus, white blossom, and that saline mineral tension that is the signature of this land. Macabeu rounds it out with fresh fruit and softness. Parellada lifts everything with a delicate floral grace that is uniquely its own.
Together, lively on the palate, with a clean persistent mousse and a finish that is crisp, direct, and unmistakably Penedès. Crafted with confidence, Pere Ventura Reserva carries the same ambition that drives every wine in the portfolio—the belief that cava, made with care and genuine respect for the land, belongs in any conversation about the world’s finest sparkling wines. It is the entry point into a story worth knowing.
VITICULTURE
GRAPES
Macabeu, Xarel·lo, Parellada
VINE AGE
VINE TRAINING
FARMING PRACTICES
Macabeu from vineyards at 150-250m
Xarel·lo from vineyards at 200-400m
Parellada from vineyards at 500m
25 years avg.
Double Cordon Royat
Conventional, dry-farmed, manual harvest
VINIFICATION AND TECHNICAL DATA
FERMENTATION
FINISHING
PRODUCTION VINEYARDS AGING
Spontaneous, indigenous yeast
18 months minimum, Traditional Method
Dosage between 5-8 g/L
~400,000 bottles
“I LOVE MY LAND. I LOVE MY ORIGINS. I LOVE MY ROOTS. I FEEL A DEEP RESPONSIBILITY TO WHERE I COME FROM, AND I’M DRIVEN TO LEAVE A LEGACY BUILT ON DOING THINGS RIGHT. THAT COMMITMENT IS SOMETHING I STRIVE TO REFLECT IN EVERY BOTTLE.”
— PERE VENTURA
The label on every bottle of Pere Ventura carries a name—a single person’s name—and that is not an accident. In a category dominated by large houses and centuries-old brands, Pere Ventura put his own name on the line. He was the first in his family to ask, plainly and without apology: why not me? Why not my land?
That question is what drives him—and now ignites the next generation at Pere Ventura. At a time when few others could see the potential of Spanish sparkling wine, Pere set out on his mission to exceed the expected. He built a winery from the ground up. He acquired the iconic Can Bas Estate in 2011— accepting the stewardship of 27 generations, taking their history into his hands and committing to carry it forward with the same seriousness with which it had been passed down. In 2025, his son, also named Pere Ventura, joined the endeavor to further the legacy of their territory. Together, the Ventura family is proving what Penedès can become in the hands of those who believe in it completely.
Pere understood early that extraordinary is not a destination—it is a discipline. Perfectionism became his only compass: the single standard against which every decision in the vineyard and the cellar was measured. Not as an ideal to aspire to occasionally, but as the baseline from which every wine begins. It is this uncompromising approach—applied to every harvest, every blend, every bottle—that he sees as the only true guarantee of quality, and the only honest foundation on which a lasting legacy can be built.
Pere Ventura’s ethos is woven from the spirit of Catalonia itself—a region that has always insisted on its own identity, its own language, its own way. The creative electricity of Barcelona, the fierce pride of a culture that builds rather than waits, the conviction that quality is not a privilege of the established but a standard that can be earned—all of this lives in these wines. In practice, Pere Ventura crafts cava with the precision and ambition of the world’s finest sparkling wine producers, and presents it with the warmth and directness of someone who has nothing to prove and everything to share.
THE NAME ON THE LABEL IS A PROMISE: THAT THIS WINE WAS MADE BY SOMEONE WHO STAKED EVERYTHING ON THE BELIEF THAT IT COULD BE EXTRAORDINARY
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