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Terres de Vidalba

A family-run Poboleda winery building Priorat wines from its own slate-rooted vineyards.

The producer

Terres de Vidalba began in Poboleda in 1996, with family ties to Priorat but no inherited winemaking tradition. Two generations now work from their own vineyards, centred on the 11-hectare Barranc de la Bruixa: a former farm surrounded by forest, facing east to southeast at 430–480 metres. Its poor, well-drained slate encourages slow, deep roots, while the estate-only approach keeps each bottle connected to the family’s land.

TOCS, released in 2003, was the first wine; VIDALBA followed as the key red, while No T’ho Diré opened a White Grenache path. Vidalba 2017 showed earthier mature aromas alongside vivid acidity, dry tannin and a firm finish, making it a useful place to start with the red range. Calvari de Poboleda, planted on local slopes two decades after the first estate, adds a second named vineyard to the family’s work.

Known for

Estate-grown Priorat wines from Poboleda, rooted in Barranc de la Bruixa’s high, slate soils.

Notable facts

The story

A Second Poboleda Slope

Twenty years after the family established Barranc de la Bruixa, it planted a second estate: Calvari de Poboleda, on slopes within Poboleda. The first property was an 11-hectare former farm surrounded by forest, with vines facing east to southeast between 430 and 480 metres. By the time Calvari was planted, Terres de Vidalba had already released TOCS in 2003 and added VIDALBA and No T’ho Diré to its labels. Calvari was therefore not a replacement for Barranc de la Bruixa or a first experiment with vines; it became a second named site in the same village, worked alongside the original estate.

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Terres de Vidalba

At A Glance

Terres de Vidalba is a family winery in Poboleda, in Catalonia’s Priorat region, run across two generations. It began in 1996 and works with grapes from family land, first at Barranc de la Bruixa and later at Calvari de Poboleda. The range starts with the red TOCS, released in 2003, and includes VIDALBA and No T’ho Diré.

The Producer

The family had ties to Priorat before it made wine, but no inherited winemaking tradition to continue. That makes the 1996 start a new family project rather than the next chapter of an old cellar. Its bottles are rooted in estate-grown fruit, so the name on the label leads back to Poboleda vineyards rather than bought-in grapes.

Place

Poboleda places Terres de Vidalba within Priorat, while its vineyard map is divided between Barranc de la Bruixa and the later Calvari de Poboleda estate. Barranc de la Bruixa is the physical centre of the project; Calvari added slopes within Poboleda two decades later. The result is a small range built from the family’s own sites, with TOCS, VIDALBA and No T’ho Diré carrying that estate framework into different bottles.

Soil And Site

Barranc de la Bruixa covers 11 hectares on what was once an old farm surrounded by forest. Its east-to-southeast exposure sits between 430 and 480 metres, and the ground is poor, well-drained slate. The site encourages vines to root slowly and deeply, keeping the growing conditions at the centre of the estate’s red and white-grape work.

Story

Terres de Vidalba began with a vineyard rather than a family cellar inheritance. Barranc de la Bruixa gave the project an 11-hectare home, then TOCS became its first released wine in 2003. VIDALBA followed as a principal red, and No T’ho Diré expanded the sequence into White Grenache. Twenty years after the first estate, Calvari de Poboleda added another planted slope to the family’s holdings.

Vineyards And Cellar

The winery makes its wines from grapes grown on its own farm, a choice that keeps vineyard work and bottle production within the same family operation. At Barranc de la Bruixa, elevation, exposure and slate are the fixed conditions before grapes reach the cellar. The named wines then separate the range by bottle: TOCS marks the first release, VIDALBA carries the established red expression, and No T’ho Diré opens a White Grenache path.

Wines

TOCS is the starting point: the estate’s first wine, released in 2003, and the original red marker in the range. VIDALBA followed as the central red name; a 2017 tasting found earthy tertiary aromas alongside vivid acidity and firm tannic structure, showing a bottle with both mature notes and palpable grip. No T’ho Diré followed as the estate’s first white wine made with White Grenache. A 2020 rosé reference under the same name is pale and fruit-led, so vintage and colour matter when choosing that label.

In The Glass

VIDALBA 2017 moves from fruit-and-herb character towards earthier, more mature aromas. On the palate, vivid acidity keeps the wine moving while assertive tannin supplies grip and a dry, structured finish. That combination suits a red shaped for the table: the acidity prevents the earthy notes from becoming heavy, and the tannin gives the wine weight after the fruit has receded.

A Bottle To Understand It

Begin with VIDALBA. It is the red that sits after TOCS in the estate’s story and shows the more developed side of the range: earthy aromas, vivid acidity, dry tannin and a finish with grip. It also gives Barranc de la Bruixa’s slate-grounded project a concrete form in the glass, without needing to treat the whole range as one style.

Anecdote

Twenty years after the family established its first estate at Barranc de la Bruixa, it planted Calvari de Poboleda on slopes within Poboleda. The first property had begun as an 11-hectare old farm surrounded by forest, with vines facing east to southeast between 430 and 480 metres. Calvari was not the first site or the first wine: TOCS had already been released in 2003, followed by VIDALBA and No T’ho Diré. The later planting put a second named estate alongside Barranc de la Bruixa and added another Poboleda slope to the family’s vineyard work.

Final Word

Terres de Vidalba is best approached through its vineyard sequence: Barranc de la Bruixa first, Calvari de Poboleda later, then a range that runs from TOCS to VIDALBA and White Grenache under No T’ho Diré. VIDALBA is the bottle to open for earth, acidity and tannic grip.

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