Located in an area with a certain
unevenness, topography that was favoured by Martinell for
making the best use of
space, the winery of Falset was built in 1919.
In this building, that evokes the shapes of a castle, we find one of the characteristics that define Modernista architecture and which continued to be used by the disciples of
Gaudí and
Domènech i Montaner: the recovery and free interpretation of Catalan
medieval architectural forms.
The winery consists of
two perpendicular
buildings, responding to the
division of working
spaces: the
unloading bay and the
machine rooms are in the smallest building, and the vats and presses are in the larger one.
But the difference in Falset is the absence of the
parabolic arc. The sloping roof is supported by the classic wooden roof trusses which, in turn, rest on
brick pillars together with
side arches. On the central structure of the winery of Falset we can see
9 highly stylised
vertical windows crowned with a large
relieving arch which stands on four brick
pilasters that reach the ground. Of the three gateways to the winery, the main one forms a round
voussoir arch in the medieval style.
On both sides stand two square plan towers, with large vertical openings and
corners finished with
brickwork, which contrasts with the white of the rest of the wall and creates a beautiful
balance of lines and colours. The last element worth noting is the
water tank. Functional and artistic, the tank at the winery of Falset is
circular and is supported by two crossed
parabolic arches and four pilasters that surround it, all constructed in brickwork.