CAS QUITXERO

Mallorca, Spain

Cas Quitxero is a natural wine-making project started by Bartomeu Ballester Salas in 2010, who grew up making wine with his family. Bartomeu has made two wines; The orange Rostoll and the red Ses Putes Pedres: 

Rostoll by Cas Quitxero is an orange (Brisat) wine that uses 100%, Giró Ros. 60% of the Giró Ros grapes come from the Santa Maria del Camí area, es Raiguer, where there are loam soils of Call Vermell with a good percentage of gravel.  The grapes were harvested during the last week of August. 40% of the Giró Ros grapes come from Llubí, the island's centre, which has deep, silty-loam soils and good moisture retention. These grapes were harvested during the first week of September.

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Ses Putes Pedres by Cas Quitxero is a red wine that uses indigenous grapes from Mallorca. The grapes for Ses Putes Pedres have been harvested from various plots in the centre of the island. The plots and grapes are as follows: Plot One - 40% Mantonegro de Santa Maria del Camí (in the area of Es Raiguer), with loam soils of Call Vermell that have a good percentage of gravel.  These grapes were harvested in mid-September. Plot Two - 30% Callet, Fogoneu and Mantonegro de Algaida (on the way to Sencelles), with deep clay-loam soils of Call Vermell that have coarse stones.  The winemaker sought a balanced ripening of the grape varieties, which were harvested at the end of August. Plot Three - 30% blend of autochthonous varieties harvested from old vines (50 years old) in the Algaida area at the foot of Puig Randa.  Clayey-loam soils of Blanquer dominate here.  These grapes were also harvested at the end of August.