In 2005, Santi Roig and Mariona Parals started a dream, an enthusiastic project, and this was to continue the legacy from Santi’s great-grandfather. To continue growing the vines aged 110 years old and making wine from organic grapes.

At the end of the 19th century the phylloxera plague struck the European continent, the Roig Family had to move to the French vineyards of the Roussillon (France) because of their good and reliable expertise. They were owners of several hectares of vineyards in the Empordà Appellation of the Northern Catalonia, but had to work somewhere else to make their living. Then, in 1896, was when our great-grandfather started to replant the vines of Carignan.
The Roig Family brought back from France the grafts of the Carinyena (also called Carignane in France or Samsó in Catalunya), that we still cultivate today. The first plants date back from the 1890s. That legacy has been preserved until today with effort and perseverance to transform those grapes into the balanced and authentic wine we make nowadays.
Our vineyards are located on the plains of Mollet de Peralada, 50 meters above sea level. The soils are sandy with a minor mixture of clay and river sediments. The Mediterranean climate gives personality to our wines, with the Tramontana wind as the protagonist and a very scarce annual rainfall.


Wines need to be true to where they come from, thats why we focus on indigenous varieties which date back to 1896.
Organic farming is a very important concept which helps us to get high quality grapes to make wine that expresses its best about the region, the climate and the terroir.
Roig Parals has modernized the entrepreneurship of our ancestors at the vineyards and cellar in order to continue the family tradition. “Terroir” expression, organic farming and sustainability help us with the cultivation of our twelve hectares that today include not only the old Carignan vines but also traditional white Grenache, Moscatel and Macabeu or the international Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.