Tasting at Buil & Giné and a Vineyard Bath on its Gratallops estate

Buil & Giné is at kilometre 11.5 of the road from Gratallops to La Vilella Baixa, in the middle of its estate, with the Montsant range behind. The building combines a winery, a wine tourism centre, a shop, the Amics restaurant upstairs and three rooms. The visit has two parts that you can do in whichever order you like: a five-wine tasting led by someone from the winery and the Baño de Viñas (Vineyard Bath), a walk through the vineyard that you do on your own with your phone.

Numbered barrels among the vines

The Baño de Viñas is a circular route around the estate. You download an app that gives you the map and the way, and on the ground the route is marked with numbered oak barrels that act as information points: at each one, the app tells you a piece of the story of the Priorat and the winery. The path runs between vines, with views of the Montsant range. The website gives neither the distance nor the elevation gain. You walk on vineyard soil: wear closed shoes and, in summer, a hat and water, and do it first thing or at the end of the afternoon.

Five of the house wines at the tasting

The tasting is led by a winery professional, who gives pointers for judging each wine. Five are tried: the white Joan Giné 2020, Giné Giné 2021, Joan Giné 2018, Angelia 2019 and Pleret 2014. It costs €35 per person, VAT included, and lasts about an hour and a half.

With tapas or the Amics menu

• Wine & tapas: the same tasting accompanied by ham and fuet from a local producer, artisan goat and sheep cheese with quince, and bread with tomato and extra virgin olive oil, with the Baño de Viñas optional. €120 for two, about two hours.
• Wine tasting and lunch: Baño de Viñas, a five-wine tasting and the Amics menu in the winery restaurant, at the top of the building, with views of the range. €170 for two, about four hours; drinks, coffee and the wine with lunch are paid separately. Note that Amics is closed on Wednesdays.

Booking and getting there

The website does not give days or times of the sessions, or the languages: ask when you book, using the form on its website, at [email protected], on 977 83 98 10 or by WhatsApp on 697 112 970. You get there by car from Gratallops, about ten minutes away; the winery has its own car park. If you taste all five wines, have someone who doesn't drink drive or stay the night in one of its three rooms with a terrace.

It is the midday stop on the plan A day of wineries in Gratallops, which starts with the vineyard outing at Devinssi and ends with a glass at the Cal Llop wine bar.