In the countryside, before the advent of GPS, digital maps, or drones surveying vineyards, there existed something far more modest—and yet poetic—to demarcate the boundaries of the land: the fita. A stone embedded in the earth as if signing a landscape, as if declaring "here lies the edge of my world."
Today, that spirit is embodied in a winery that bears the name with intention and sentiment: La Fita. It is not merely a nod to the rural nor a romantic inspiration, but a declaration of principles. Here, the wines are not born of urban whims or laboratory concoctions; they are born of the land, of the boundaries that define it, and the memory of those who have worked it before.
La Fita is the project of Martí Torrallardona Raventós, a young winemaker, son and grandson of viticulturists. In 2021, he decided to leave his mark on the landscape that has seen him grow, in Penedès (Catalonia), much like those ancient stone markers that defined the confines of his world. Only his fita is not of granite, but of grape, patience, and sensitivity.
La Fita Vinya de la Creu originates from an old macabeu, bush-trained and planted in 1974, and a young malvasía. Both vines sink their roots into red clay soil topped with a thin calcareous layer, known locally as "cervell de gat,” a peculiar texture that crunches underfoot and imparts tension, minerality, and character to the wine.
The harvest is done by hand, with grapes arriving at the winery in small crates. After destemming, the must spends two days in contact with its skins, fermenting gently between 18 and 20 °C in stainless steel. Thereafter, the wine takes refuge for 6 months in demijohns.
La Fita Vinya de la Creu is pure, honest, luminous, and deeply connected to the land of its birth. A wine that requires no artifice to declare its identity, because—like those stones that defined rural landscapes—it speaks with firmness, simplicity, and memory.