Why it matters
The producer
The Ferrús Guasch family acquired Mas d'en Blei to create an artisan-wine business, restoring the property’s agricultural role as well as its farmhouse, documented in 1756. The farmhouse and winery stand by the Siurana river; that physical setting joins an old working estate to bottles carrying the Priorat designation.
Jordi Torrella directed the vineyard planting. Across the seven planted hectares, Grenache and Carignan provide the main grape material, while the estate’s annual production averages about 15,000 litres. This is a compact property where parcel handling can matter to the shape of an individual wine.
Place and vineyards
Where the wines begin
La Morera del Montsant sits in the Siurana river valley, and Mas d'en Blei bottles its wines as Priorat. The designation places the estate’s Grenache and Carignan within Priorat’s formal wine framework, while the river-side farmhouse locates the operation in a particular valley rather than an abstract regional name.
Clos Martina makes that relationship more immediate. It is a White Grenache parcel at 375 metres, so a bottle bearing its name points to a defined site within the estate rather than to the full seven hectares of vineyard.
In the cellar
Vineyards and cellar
Mas d'en Blei works with tanks from 1 to 30 hectolitres and 300-litre barrels. Small tank capacity gives the cellar the practical option to keep lots apart, while barrels provide another vessel for white-wine work; the estate’s different wines receive different élevage regimes.
Clos Martina has the clearest documented programme. The White Grenache spends six months on its lees, with daily bâtonnage, then rests at the winery for at least another year before release. Stirring the lees keeps yeast sediment in contact with the wine, which can add body and a fuller texture instead of presenting the fruit as a simple, immediate white.
Wines to know
The range in view
The range includes white and red wines, with varieties and maturation changing from cuvée to cuvée. Grenache and Carignan form the main vineyard base for the reds, where fruit, acidity, tannin and body can be read through those grapes rather than through a single estate-wide recipe.
Clos Martina occupies a different place in the range: it is a parcel wine from White Grenache, not a shorthand for every bottle Mas d'en Blei makes. Its six months on lees and daily bâtonnage point toward dry-white texture and weight, while the subsequent year of rest separates it from a freshly bottled, fruit-first style.
A useful way in
A bottle to begin with
Start with Clos Martina. It comes from a 0.47-hectare White Grenache parcel at 375 metres, planted with 1,350 vines, and its six months on lees with daily bâtonnage give it a tangible cellar signature. Expect a dry white with fruit, acidity, a broader texture and more weight through the palate than a direct, early-drinking white.