Vinicola De Nulles
Catalunya, Alt Camp, Tarragona, Spain
Vinícola de Nulles is a cooperative founded in 1917 in the village of Nulles, in the Alt Camp comarca of Tarragona, Catalunya. Local vine growers formed it to recover together after phylloxera. Cèsar Martinell, a disciple of Antoni Gaudí, built their cellar between 1919 and 1920. The arches are parabolic and laid in exposed brick. The cooperative could not afford steel or concrete, so Martinell worked in masonry, perforating the spandrels to lighten the load carried across each span. The Generalitat de Catalunya declared the building a national cultural heritage site in 2002. Cellars like this one are known in Catalunya as cathedrals of wine. Nearly 100 members farm about 400 hectares around the village. Ninety percent of the fruit becomes base wine for cava sold on to larger houses. The rest they bottle themselves under the Adernats label: organic certified, no dosage in the sparkling wines, minimal SO2.
Winemaking Philosophy
At a Glance
1917
Founded
400 ha
Hectares
2,000,000 litres
Production
Region
Catalunya, Alt Camp, Tarragona, Spain
Grapes
Macabeu, Xarel·lo, Parellada, Moscatell, Chardonnay, Ull de Llebre +2 more
Farming
Organic certified with traditional "al vas" vine training system.
Harvest
Minimal intervention approach for Adernats bottlings with zero or minimal added SO2 and no dosage in sparkling wines..
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Vinicola De Nulles — Alt Camp, Tarragona, Catalunya
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Adernats XC Cava Gran Reserva
2018 · Sparkling · White · 11.5%
The prestige cuvée from Vinicola de Nulles. Adernats XC Gran Reserva Cava undergoes extended aging of at least 30 months on lees, developing rich brioche and toasted almond complexity while maintaining the crisp acidity and mineral backbone that defines this estate.
Adernats Ancestral Maccabeu
NV · Sparkling · White · 10.6%
Macabeo
A pétillant naturel (ancestral method) sparkling from Vinicola de Nulles. Made from 100% organically farmed Macabeo, this lightly effervescent natural wine captures the vibrant fruit and mineral character of Catalunya's Alt Camp region.
Adernats Cava Brut Nature
NV · Sparkling · White · 11.5%
Macabeo, Xarel-lo, Parellada
One of our best-selling sparkling wines and a sommelier favorite for by-the-glass programs across New York City. Adernats Cava Brut Nature is a traditional-method sparkling wine from Vinicola de Nulles in the Penedès region of Catalunya, Spain. Made from organically farmed Macabeo, Xarel-lo, and Parellada grapes — the classic Cava trilogy — this bone-dry Brut Nature sees zero dosage, letting the chalky minerality and bright citrus character shine through. At 11.5% ABV, it delivers exceptional quality at a price point that makes it one of the most compelling by-the-glass sparkling options on the market. Whether you are a restaurant seeking an affordable BTG sparkling, a wine bar looking for an organic crowd-pleaser, or a retailer stocking approachable Spanish bubbles, Adernats consistently over-delivers.
Traditional method (méthode champenoise). Primary fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Secondary fermentation in bottle with extended lees aging. Zero dosage (Brut Nature) — no sugar added after disgorgement, resulting in a bone-dry, mineral-driven profile. The grapes are organically farmed in the chalky limestone soils of Alt Camp, Tarragona province, in the heart of Catalunya's Cava country.
Parabolic White
2024 · Still · White · 10.5%
70% Macabeo 30% Xarel-lo
Parabolic White is the organic-certified white in Vinícola de Nulles' Parabolic line, a Macabeo (70%) and Xarel-lo (30%) blend from member parcels around Nulles in DO Tarragona. The co-operative was founded in 1917 and has worked from a Cèsar Martinell-designed Modernist Cathedral-of-Wine building since 1919; 90 grower-members contribute fruit across roughly 400 hectares. Macabeo and Xarel-lo are the two workhorses of native Catalan whites and the backbone of Cava; vinified as a still wine here, the pair gives saline almond character (Xarel-lo) over a crisp, mid-weight backbone (Macabeo). 10.5% alcohol is unusually low and points to an early pick. A useful organic Catalan white for trade accounts wanting native varieties at a recognizable price point.
Certified organic farming across the contributing grower-members' plots. Sourced through Vinícola de Nulles' co-operative structure (90 growers, around 400 hectares).
Parabolic Red
2024 · Still · Red · 12.5%
80% Merlot 20% Tempranillo
Vinícola de Nulles is the 1917-founded co-operative winery in Nulles (Tarragona, Catalunya), housed in a Modernist Cathedral-of-Wine building designed by Cèsar Martinell, a disciple of Antoni Gaudí. The co-op pulls fruit from 90 grower-members across roughly 400 hectares around the village. Parabolic is the organic-certified line, focused here on a Merlot (80%) and Tempranillo (20%) blend from member parcels in the DO Tarragona. Catalunya's interior climate gives Merlot more savory structure and Tempranillo more acidity than the same grapes deliver further south; 12.5% alcohol is on the restrained end. A useful organic Catalan red for trade accounts wanting Spain at an accessible price point with a producer story (the 1919 Modernist building is a tourism destination in its own right).
Certified organic farming across the contributing grower-members' plots. Sourced through Vinícola de Nulles' co-operative structure (90 growers, around 400 hectares).