DO CavaMacabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir350 haFounded 1865Domenech family (5th generation)Subirats
Founded in 1865 in Vilobi del Penedes by Francisco Jose Domenech. Named after the local Santa Maria de Vallformosa church. Fifth-generation family-owned. Produces around 10 million bottles of Cava and 2 million bottles of still wine per year.
Tasting: Cellar visit at the original 19th-century facilities in Vilobi, plus a flight comparing Origen, Mistinguett and MVSA Brut Nature cuvees.
Signature wines: vallformosa-origen-brut, vallformosa-mvsa-brut-nature, vallformosa-mistinguett, vallformosa-classic-brut
Tip: The 19th-century cellar architecture is the heritage visual; tasting flights are organised around the Origen line.
DO Penedes / DO CavaXarel-lo, Macabeo, Parellada, Chardonnay, Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Trepat400 haFounded 1980Sumarroca family (Carlos and Nuria Sumarroca)CCPAESubirats
Founded in 1980 by Carlos Sumarroca and his wife Nuria at the 40-hectare Finca Moli Coloma estate in Subirats. A CCPAE-certified estate-grown organic Cava producer that has grown to 400 hectares. In March 2026 three Sumarroca paraje sites were added to the Cava de Paraje Calificado expansion.
Tasting: Visit at Finca Moli Coloma includes vineyard walk through the certified-organic plots, the modern winery and a tasting flight covering the Nuria Claverol Cava range and Temps de Flors whites.
Signature wines: sumarroca-nuria-claverol-gran-reserva, sumarroca-temps-de-flors, sumarroca-in-situ-paraje-calificado, sumarroca-pinot-noir-rosado
Tip: The In Situ Paraje Calificado flight is the new headline experience following the March 2026 expansion.
DO CavaMacabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir210 haFounded 1940Valles family (3rd generation)CCPAESant Marti Sarroca
Documented at Sant Marti Sarroca since 1303. Modern Cava production from 1940 under Josep Valles Rovira at a modernist winery. The underground Cava cellar is unique in the world for its six-pointed-star structure with a central roundabout, 12 metres beneath the 15th-century farmhouse. The estate also features modernist gardens.
Tasting: Tour of the 15th-century Masia Rovellats, the six-pointed-star underground Cava cellar 12 metres deep, the modernist gardens and tasting flights covering Imperial Brut Nature and Grand Cru.
Signature wines: rovellats-imperial-brut-nature, rovellats-grand-cru, rovellats-magnum-millesime, rovellats-masia-s-xv-gran-reserva
Tip: The star-shaped cellar is the showpiece; book the Premium bike tour for vineyard panoramics.
DO Penedes / DO CavaChardonnay, Pinot Noir, Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Parellada, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Viognier110 haFounded 1984Gilleron Parellada familyCCPAETorrelavit
Family-owned estate founded in 1984 by Michel Gilleron Parellada de Naveran at the Can Parellada farmhouse in Torrelavit. 110 hectares of terraces and woodlands in Alt Penedes producing 375,000 bottles of Cava and 250,000 bottles of still wine per year. Sustainable practices with no herbicides or pesticides; organic fertilisers only.
Tasting: Estate tour at the 110-hectare Sant Marti Sadevesa property includes vineyard walk, sustainable-viticulture demonstration and tastings of Manuela Chardonnay Crianza, Clos Antonia Viognier Crianza and Don Pablo Cabernet Reserve.
Signature wines: naveran-manuela-chardonnay, naveran-clos-antonia-viognier, naveran-don-pablo-cabernet, naveran-perles-blanques-brut, naveran-perles-roses
Tip: The Clos Antonia Viognier is unusual for Penedes; book the still-wine flight to include it.
DO CavaMacabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir60 haFounded 1959Henkell Freixenet (Oetker-Gruppe)CCPAETorrelavit
Origins documented at the 11th-century Castell de Segura Viudas in Torrelavit. Commercial Cava production from 1959. Released its first organic-grape Cava (Lavit) in 2021. Part of the Henkell Freixenet group since the 1980s.
Tasting: Visit to the 11th-century Castell de Segura Viudas with cellar tour and tasting of Reserva Heredad, Brut Vintage and the Lavit organic line.
Signature wines: segura-viudas-reserva-heredad, segura-viudas-brut-vintage, segura-viudas-lavit, segura-viudas-cuvee-de-rosa
Tip: The Reserva Heredad bottle, with its pewter-base stand, is the cellar's photographic identity; the tour includes the castle keep.
DO Cava / DO PenedesXarel-lo, Macabeo, Parellada, Muscat, Pinot Noir40 haFounded 1979Esteve family (Joan Esteve Nadal)CCPAEAvinyonet del Penedes
First Avinyo-labelled Cava produced 1979 in small quantities. Cellars in the 16th-century Can Fontanals farmhouse, with vines on four parcels totalling about 40 hectares. Indigenous varieties (Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Parellada) plus Muscat for the Petillant ancestral-method sparkler. Run by four Esteve i Via siblings.
Tasting: Visit to the old Can Fontanals farmhouse, cellar tour and tasting of La Ticota Gran Reserva, Petillant and the Avinyo Cava Brut.
Signature wines: avinyo-la-ticota, avinyo-cava-brut, avinyo-petillant, avinyo-rose-reserva
Tip: Petillant is the off-piste discovery, an ancestral-method Muscat that drinks like a cleaner Moscato d'Asti.
