# Tasting and Visit at MASOS Winery, in Mas de Ondara (Benimantell)

Three-wine tasting (€25), winery visit with four wines and oil (1 h 30 · €35) or pairing menu (€95) on a historic estate in the Vall.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/valencian-community/guadalest-and-the-guadalest-valley/things-to-do/masos-winery-tasting · Revisado: 2026-11-13

Dónde: Guadalest and the Guadalest Valley

The Vall de Guadalest had vines for centuries and lost them overnight. MASOS is the attempt to recover them, and it is in the same valley as the castle.

## An estate with vines since 1237

MASOS is at Mas de Ondara, an estate of 353 hectares in Benimantell, in the same valley as the Castell de Guadalest. It was a Muslim alquería and already appears in the Llibre del Repartiment of Jaume I, of 1237, which mentions the cultivation of the vine. It was a Morisco alquería until the expulsion of 1609, and after the repopulation it passed through the families that shaped the valley, the Cardona and the Orduña: the same ones as the Casa Orduña and the castle. Today the estate keeps a farmhouse with its own winery and a chapel, among centuries-old olive trees.

In 1759 the botanist Cavanilles described the valley's extensive vineyards. In 1905 phylloxera reached the Alicante vineyards, destroyed them and drove many locals to emigrate. A century later, the Vidal Balaguer family opened the winery, restored four farmhouses with their estates and planted more than five hectares of vines following the contour lines of the mountain.

## The four wines

The winery makes a white, Mas de la Mona; a rosé, Penya del Castellet; a red, Albor de Masos, and a selection red that bears the family name, Vidal Balaguer. It also bottles an extra virgin olive oil, Oro de Masos. The visit goes through the tank room and the barrel room of the farmhouse.

## Three ways to visit

Wine tasting, €25. Three wines, the white, the rosé and the young red, with an explanation of how they are made. It does not include the winery visit.

Wine and oil tasting with visit, €35. The most complete for a morning: an hour and a half with the history of the estate, the vineyard and the winery, and then the four wines with produce from the valley and the oil. Sessions at 12:00 in Spanish and at 16:30 in English.

Pairing menu. Visit to the tank and barrel room and a seasonal menu, with local produce, by chef Enrique Martínez, with the four wines and the oil. €95 with drinks, €75 without and €35 for the children's menu.

They are bought on its website, where it also sells gift cards from €25, or ordered on 965 295 577 and at bodega@masosguadalest.com. It sells wine to over-18s.

## How to fit it into the day

The 12:00 visit fits after the castle, which opens at 10:15: castle first thing, before the coach parties from the coast, and the winery at midday. If you do the pairing menu, you already have the day's lunch. The website links the estate's location on the map; confirm it when you book, because it does not publish a postal address.

## Paso a paso

### 10:15 · San José Castle
Enter at opening through the Casa Orduña and climb the keep.

### 12:00 · Winery visit
History of Mas de Ondara, the vineyard and the winery.

### At the end · Tasting of the four wines
With produce from the valley and Oro de Masos oil. Between visit and tasting, an hour and a half.

### Afternoon · Kayak or Algar
The reservoir kayak or Les Fonts de l'Algar, if someone else drives.

## Qué llevar

- Your booking made on the website

- Someone who does not drink to drive

- A bag for the bottles, if you are going to buy

## Consejos

### Choose the €35 one
For ten euros more than the simple tasting you see the winery and try the fourth wine, the selection one.

### If you are travelling with children
The pairing menu has a children's menu at €35.

### Buy the oil
Oro de Masos is sold in its online shop, as are the wines.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Where is the MASOS winery?
On the Mas de Ondara estate, in Benimantell, in the Vall de Guadalest.

### How much is the visit?
The three-wine tasting, €25; the winery visit with a tasting of four wines and oil, €35; the pairing menu, €95 with drinks.

### How long does it last?
The visit with tasting, an hour and a half.

### Are there visits in English?
Yes, the 16:30 one. The 12:00 one is in Spanish.

### Do I need to book?
Yes, on its website or on 965 295 577.

### Which wines does it make?
A white, Mas de la Mona; a rosé, Penya del Castellet; a red, Albor de Masos, and a selection red, Vidal Balaguer.