Ferrer Bobet, from vineyard to glass between Falset and Porrera

The T-740, the narrow, winding road linking Falset and Porrera, passes at kilometre 6.5 right by the Ferrer Bobet winery. The building is half buried in the hillside: only the entrance, the bottling area and the visitors' room show, and everything else is inside the mountain, among vines. It was founded by two friends, Sergi Ferrer-Salat and Raül Bobet, and their first two wines, from the 2005 vintage, came out in 2008.

Porrera, slate and fifteen hectares planted

The winery is in the Porrera area, which the house describes as one of the coolest in the Priorat because of the north-east wind and the height and slope of its vineyards. The soil is almost all slate, the licorella. The estate has 70 hectares, of which only 15 have been planted, in 2004 and 2005, with Carignan, black Garnacha, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Viognier and Roussanne, under strictly organic viticulture, with no insecticides or herbicides. They also work centenarian Carignan and Garnacha vines from friends' vineyards. Their wines are Vinyes Velles and Selecció Especial Vinyes Velles.

From the vineyard to the glass, or among barrels

• From the vineyard to the glass (De la vinya a la copa): starts in the vineyard, continues in the winery and ends with a three-wine tasting and an aperitif of local produce. About two and a half hours, €50 per person.
• Among barrels and aromas (Entre botes i aromes): the winery only, with the same three-wine tasting and aperitif. An hour and a half, €35 per person.

On both you can add a tasting of Vi de Palla 20 Anys, a sweet wine aged twenty years in oak, for €15 more.

A request, not a booking

Both visits are by appointment and are requested through its website. What you send is a request: the booking isn't valid until the winery confirms by email. If you haven't had a reply within 24 to 48 hours, write to [email protected] or call 609 945 532. The website gives no days, times or languages for the visits, and says nothing about children: ask when you request it.

The road to the winery

You get there by car from Falset, going up the T-740 towards Porrera; there is no public transport to the door. The road is narrow and has many bends: take it easy, especially on the way back. If you are going to taste the three wines and the Vi de Palla, have someone who doesn't drink drive.

In the Priorat, Ferrer Bobet is one of the wineries on the getaway Two nights at Terra Dominicata, along with the visit to Cellers de Scala Dei and the vineyard outing at Devinssi in Gratallops.