04/08/2025
Cati Ribot is a 3rd generation winegrower making natural wines under the name Ve dâAvior (âfrom the pastâ in Mallorquin) in the town of Santa Margalida, in the northeast of Mallorca. Working with her father, Cati grew more and more interested in wine, and training as a sommelier in Barcelona in 2008 (she related that she used to take the first flight each morning to Barcelona and the last flight back to Palma every night during this training). Cati expanded her horizons beyond Mallorquin wine: she tasted wines from all over Europe and the world, analyzed them and their methods of production, she took on a larger role at the winery from 2009, the winemaking and the farming began to change (organic certification was achieved in 2012), culminating in 2014 when she began employing biodynamic treatments in the vineyards. Catiâs story took an important turn in 2019, as she took over the bodega her father had founded. Having already moved away from new oak and never having used any aggressive additives, Cati stopped employing sulfur in the winery, and Ve dâAvior was born.
we received :
Ve dâAvior Bosquet: A new rosĂ© Ancestral method wine made with Escursac. The grapes were destemmed and macerated on the skins briefly before and fermenting with native yeasts in stainless steel tank for 15 days. A small amount of unfermented free-run juice from late-harvested Escursac was added to the wine before bottling to create an ancestral method Pet Nat. No fining, filtering or addition of SO2.
Ve dâAvior Son Llebre Blanc GirĂł Ros and MalvasĂa de Banyalbufar from Catiâs own finca Son Llebre vineyard on Cal Vermell. After a harvest by hand, the grapes spend a short time on the skins, bottled without any added sulfur, stabilization or filtration.
Ve dâAvior Malvasia 100% MalvasĂa de Banyalbufar from Catiâs own finca Son Llebre vineyard grown on Cal Vermell.
Ve dâAvior Cambuix A field blend of red and white grapes (Escursac, Callet, Callet Negrella, EsperĂł de Gall, Gorgollassa and Mantonegro)
Ve dâAvior Son Llebre Negre Escursac, Callet and Callet Negrella from a single name-sake vineyard grown on Cal