Gaintus Vertical celebrates its 25 vintages in 2026, and from its first harvest to today, this wine has built a unique trajectory around the sumoll negra variety, demonstrating its potential and ageing capacity. Què Fem?, supplement of La Vanguardia has published a feature recalling the origins and the value of this product both for the winery and for the Penedès region.
Under this headline, the article reviews the history of the winery, the beginnings of the wine, and notes that throughout 2026 various activities have been scheduled to highlight this milestone.
There are wines that are not only drunk: they are told. Gaintus Vertical, from the Montrubí winery, is a perfect example. From the 2001 vintage to 2025—twenty-five uninterrupted years—this red wine from Alt Penedès has built a singular trajectory that is, at the same time, the story of a grape variety rescued from near oblivion, of a winery that committed to a far-from-easy path, and of an authentic territory.
This is how the text begins, also explaining the origin of the name, mentioning the climbing route, and the feat of recovering a historic local variety. It also points out that 2026 will be a year of celebrations, starting at Barcelona Wine Week with a vertical tasting led by Master of Wine Álvaro Ribalta (vintages 2002, 2004, 2010 to 2018, and a sample from the 2025 vintage, still ageing).
Celebrations will continue throughout 2026 with new initiatives, including a repeat of this vertical tasting within the framework of the new WineMad fair in Madrid. Once again, it will be an opportunity to deepen knowledge of this wine and understand its evolution vintage after vintage.
Coinciding with the anniversary, the 2026 La Vanguardia Wine Guide has awarded Gaintus Vertical “most relevant anniversary of the year,” highlighting the wine’s trajectory and its role in the recovery and promotion of the sumoll variety. Beyond this feature, the authors of the La Vanguardia Wine Guide also mention the anniversary in a second article dedicated to 8 wines that celebrate native varieties (Part I).
With a quarter-century of history, Gaintus Vertical reaffirms itself as a benchmark wine, capable of expressing the passage of time through each vintage and consolidating its place as one of the leading exponents of Penedès’ winegrowing identity.
