Sindicat La Figuera
At Sindicat La Figuera in Montsant, Catalonia, the story begins in 1932 with a small cooperative high in the mountains. La Figuera sits at around 550 to 600 metres, reached by narrow roads and looking toward Priorat; today the project is reinterpreted by six local farmers and the energy of René Barbier Jr. and Sara Pérez.The vines are almost entirely Garnatxa, old goblet-trained plants between 30 and 80 years old on sparse, wind-exposed heights. Mountain air tempers Mediterranean warmth, concrete preserves clarity, and the style remains deliberately light, saline and close to village tradition.
Sindicat La Figuera is revival rather than nostalgia. The old cooperative is not preserved as a museum piece, but used as living origin: a Montsant of community, where Garnatxa is not made heavy, but allowed to speak as a bright mountain voice.
