Lucy Chilvers

WINEMAKER

Lucy Chilvers

TYPE OF AGRICULTURE

Organic certified

VINEYARD AREA

4,5 ha

COUNTRY, REGION, SUBREGION

Spain, Catalunya, Penedès

We are thrilled to be welcoming Lucy Chilvers to the family! 

Lucy first discovered natural wine while working at restaurants in London and Brighton. Bitten by the bug on visits to producers, she learned the fundamental importance of grape quality. Inspired and keen to learn more, she enrolled in the viticulture and oenology course at Plumpton. Here she met fellow classmates and our mutual friends in Sophie Evans, Alex Tristam (Titch Hill) Sam Bunker & David Haynes (Quatro Mustachios). 

After her degree, Lucy travelled to Italy to work with Sasa & Ivana Radikon in Friuli, a hugely influential experience on her approach: so much so that Lucy has a wine named for her mentor: 'Sasa'. After a couple of years back in the UK working in vineyards on the south coast, she soon felt the call to produce wine in Europe, and finally found a home in Catalunya.

Following her first vintage making wines with gifted grapes and guidance from Ignasi at Vinyes Singulars, Lucy met Ruben Parara, who offered work helping him in the vineyards and cellar space to produce her own wines. 

Now organically farming 4.5 hectares over four small parcels, she focuses primarily on Xarel·lo, a variety she loves for its incredible versatility, alongside Sumoll, Parrellada, Macabeo, Muscat d´Alexandria and Merlot grown over clay-rich, calcareous and sandy soils in the El Penèdes region at elevations between 150 to 400m, with some vines approaching 100 years old. In the vineyards, she works organically with a little sulphur and a handful of biodynamic treatments. In the cellar, she makes no additions.

In 2022 Lucy moved from Ruben's cellar to a co-operative space designed for small-scale winemakers, ready to increase her production a little. More recently she has taken on a beautiful 400-year-old cellar in nearby El Bardoc.

We are so pleased to have Lucy joining the family, and are not only looking forward to enjoying these latest wines with you, but to watching her journey continue to unfold. 

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