Bodega Es Verger

High above Esporles, deep in the Sierra de Tramuntana, Bodega Es Verger sits at roughly 450 metres above sea level — an elevation that gives the estate its own microclimate and lends its wines a distinctive character. The story goes back to the 1950s, when the family grew Mantonegro grapes in Santa María del Camí. Those old vines are still standing today, joined over the decades by Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir and Viognier. The estate has deliberately stayed small and family-run, prioritising quality over volume, and counts itself among the pioneers of fully organic wine production on Mallorca.

From its own grapes, the estate produces six distinct wines: Ses Marjades, a Mantonegro that continues the family's original old vines; Els Rojals, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot; a varietal Pinot Noir; and Fita del Ram, a sweet white made from Viognier. The red wines spend a year ageing in barrel before bottling — a patient, hands-on process that matches the estate's organic farming philosophy. The house wines have picked up recognition at wine competitions over the years, something mentioned on the estate's own site with quiet pride rather than fanfare.

Alongside the wine, olive oil holds an equally central place at Es Verger. Produced organically from the estate's own groves, the oil is repeatedly mentioned by visitors in the same breath as the wines — a second pillar that carries the estate's philosophy just as much as its vineyards do.

Visiting Es Verger tends to mean more than a quick tasting: according to visitor accounts, the owner herself guides guests around the property, walking them through the process of making both the oil and the wine step by step, before the tour opens into a generous tasting. What comes up again and again in these accounts is the warm, personal welcome and the sense of visiting a small, unhurried family winery rather than a tourist operation. The setting itself — on the edge of the Sierra de Tramuntana, overlooking terraced slopes and untouched countryside — is repeatedly singled out as part of the appeal, described almost like a hidden little garden tucked into the mountains.

Es Verger sees itself as a family business built on closeness — to its own land, to old grape varieties, to traditional methods. For anyone wanting to experience Mallorcan wine and Mallorcan olive oil at their source, this is an estate that doesn't just claim its origins but makes them visible in every bottle of wine and every bottle of oil it produces.