Trepat wine from independent producers in Catalonia

Trepat wine is one of Catalonia's most distinctive varieties — pale, fresh, and low in tannin, producing both still rosé and sparkling wines that suit the table rather than the cellar. Browse wines from the independent producers who grow it.

A light-bodied red and rosé grape, grown almost exclusively in Conca de Barberà and Costers del Segre.

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Trepat

Trepat wines

Trepat is grown almost nowhere outside a small stretch of inland Catalonia, centred on the Conca de Barberà appellation and parts of Costers del Segre. Its natural acidity and low tannin make it well suited to rosé and light red wines, and it is also used in the production of Cava. Because the variety never became commercially dominant, it has mostly survived in the hands of smaller family estates rather than large cooperatives — which is reflected in the producers you will find here. Each bottle ships directly from the grower's own cellar, with no importer or warehouse in between.

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Trepat wine cases

A mixbox is a producer's own selection of six bottles, composed as the recommendation they would make if you were standing in their cellar. With a grape as place-specific as Trepat, that often means a focused look at one estate's range — different expressions of the same variety across a vintage or two. Free Grape Society is a society of producers, independent experts and wine lovers, not a shop.

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Wineries

The wineries below all work with Trepat in its Catalan heartland. Because the variety is so geographically concentrated, the differences between producers tend to come from winemaking choices — how long the wine spends on skins, whether it is made still or sparkling, how much oak if any. Reading a producer's own notes is a useful way to understand their approach, and the wine-advice service is there if you would rather talk through the options before choosing.

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Wine experts

Trepat is unusual enough that a second opinion is often worth having before you buy. Independent wine experts review wines they have personally tasted, and their reviews are visible on each wine page and on the expert's own profile. Several of the experts below have reviewed Trepat wines featured on this page, so you can see what they thought before deciding.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I order Trepat wines on Free Grape Society?

Browse the Trepat wines listed on this page and add bottles to your cart. Each bottle is sold and shipped directly by the producer, so your order may arrive in separate shipments if you buy from more than one winery. Delivery takes on average 8–9 days, within a 4–14 day range depending on where the producer is based.

What happens if a bottle arrives broken or doesn't taste right?

Send a photo to Free Grape Society customer support within 7 days of delivery. We will arrange a replacement or a refund. Because producers ship directly, quality issues are handled with the producer's direct involvement. Shared responsibility is built into how FGS works.

Can I order Trepat wines from more than one producer in the same order?

Yes. You can add wines from different producers to a single cart. Because each producer ships from their own cellar, the bottles will arrive in separate packages. Payment is handled in one transaction through Klarna or card, and free shipping applies to each producer's parcel.

How long does delivery take?

Average delivery is 8 to 9 days from order to door. The full range is 4 to 14 days depending on the producer's location and your delivery address. Wines ship directly from the producer's cellar, not from a central warehouse.

How do I choose between the different Trepat wines on this page?

Trepat produces both still and sparkling wines, and rosé alongside light reds — so the first thing to consider is the style you are looking for. Producers' own tasting notes on each wine page describe the vintage and winemaking approach. If you are unsure, the wine-advice service connects you with an independent expert who can point you in the right direction.

What makes Trepat different from other Spanish red grape varieties?

Trepat is unusually light-bodied for a Spanish red — lower in tannin and alcohol than Tempranillo or Garnacha, and with a natural freshness that suits rosé and early-drinking reds. It is also one of the permitted varieties in Cava production. Its geographic range is very narrow, concentrated in inland Catalonia, which keeps the number of producers small and the wines relatively rare outside the region.

Which Trepat wine expert can recommend something for me?

The wine experts listed on this page have tasted and reviewed Trepat wines independently. Visit an expert's profile to read their reviews, then fill in the contact form to ask your question directly. There is no charge for advice.

Why don't you sell supermarket-brand Trepat wines?

Trepat rarely appears in supermarket ranges at all — it is a grape grown by small estates rather than large commercial producers, which means it mostly exists outside the mainstream distribution system. The wines on Free Grape Society come directly from the growers who make them, without the filtering that happens when wines pass through importers and large warehouses.

Is Trepat available in wine shops and supermarkets where I live?

Trepat is produced in small quantities and is not widely distributed outside Catalonia. It rarely appears in supermarkets or mainstream retail, and in most European markets it is only found in specialist wine shops with strong Spanish ranges. Buying directly from a Catalan producer through Free Grape Society is often the most reliable way to access it.

Where Trepat comes from and what makes it rare

Trepat is a red grape variety native to Catalonia, grown almost exclusively in the Conca de Barberà DO in the inland hills behind Tarragona. Its cultivation zone is small by any measure — a few thousand hectares of high-altitude vineyards where the continental climate delivers warm days and cool nights, and where the grape has been worked by local families for generations rather than spread across the wider wine world. That geographic concentration is why Trepat wine remains genuinely difficult to find outside specialist channels: it is not a variety that moved, and most producers who grow it are small estates bottling under their own name. The closest regional neighbours in style terms are the producers working with Garnacha in Spain or Sumoll, another Catalan variety that shares a similarly narrow distribution and light-footed red fruit character.

How Trepat tastes, and what to drink it with

Trepat produces wines that are pale in colour, relatively low in tannin, and high in natural acidity — a structural profile that makes it one of the more food-friendly red grapes grown in Spain. Still versions tend towards fresh red cherry, dried rose petal and a slight herbal note, with an almost Pinot Noir-like translucency in the glass. Sparkling Trepat, produced as a rosé Cava under the Conca de Barberà DO rules, leans into that acidity and produces something notably drier and crisper than most rosé wines from Spain. Both versions work well at the table: the still wine alongside cured meats, grilled vegetables or lighter lamb dishes; the sparkling rosé as an aperitif or with rice and seafood in the Catalan tradition. If you are exploring Spanish varieties beyond the mainstream, the Monastrell wines and Mencía wines pages offer a useful contrast in weight and structure.

Buying Trepat direct from independent producers

Because Trepat is grown in a compact area by a small number of independent estates, buying it through conventional retail channels outside Spain is hit or miss at best. On Free Grape Society, the producers who grow Trepat ship directly from their own cellars, with no importer or warehouse adding a margin in between — which matters for a grape whose wines are typically made in small quantities and do not benefit from extended warehouse storage. The selection on this page reflects what is currently available from those producers, tasted before listing. Free Grape Society is a society of producers, independent experts and wine lovers, not a shop, and that structure is what makes a grape like Trepat findable here when it would not appear in most catalogues. If you want to explore the broader Catalonia wine producing region or look at other Spanish varieties alongside it, the Spanish wines and Catalonia wineries pages are good starting points.