SITUATION: north of Penedès; It occupies the Bages region and its urban center is Manresa.

VARIETIES: 6 white and 7 black varieties coexist. the white picapoll is the most emblematic grape. With regard to blacks, important efforts are being made to recover native varieties such as black picapoll, sumoll or bossy; Bordalese varieties are still quite frequent.

SOILS: clayey, sandy and calcareous.

CLIMATE: Mediterranean mid-mountain continental. Few rainfall and strong thermal oscillation.

WINES: the whites are fresh, light and fruity, with the picapoll that offers the most particular examples, loaded with citrus aromas and fresh grass. Blacks are usually fresh, very round and clearly show varieties; unlike what happens in a good part of Catalonia, here the cabernets are comfortable enough, they are not green and they offer very interesting wines. In general, we can say that the particular location of the vineyards of Bages, in a plain surrounded by mountains, gives as fruit complex, elegant and sweet wines.The Pla de Bages is a small and recent denomination (1995) with optimal conditions for the cultivation of the vine and a very dynamic regulatorycouncil. Today we find a modern reflexive vitiviniculture that produces wines of sublime quality and that produces wines of sublime quality and that contrasts with the vineyard huts where the farmers kept the tools and sheltered in other times. Despite admitting the strong tradition of base wine for cava, it should be noted that some wineries are making still wines of the highest quality, especially with the picapoll, a grape that has my heart stolen and that offers delicious wines vintage after vintage.