Marie Amelie Ponce Benavides
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Celler Sui Generis is a small cooperative winery within DO Montsant, run since 2004 by three winegrowers — Marie-Amélie Ponce, Philippe Jobert and Jordi González — who tend 6.5 hectares of old vines (over 35 years old) spread across the municipal areas of El Masroig (the Coma de Calderers plot) and Els Guiamets (Vinya Vella and Aubaga), on clay-limestone soils. The dominant grape varieties are Carignan and Grenache, farmed traditionally and without herbicides, using only minimal copper and sulfur treatments, though the estate is not certified organic.
Known locally as "el celler de Rosa la guapa," the winery produces red Sui Generis wines in young ("joven") and aged ("crianza") styles, from the 2009 and 2012 vintages. The project is linked to Mas de l'Aleix, a farmhouse dating from 1717 on the outskirts of Renau (Tarragonès comarca), which the owners bought and restored starting in 2002 and which now also operates as a rural guesthouse.
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