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Bodegas Breca was founded in 2005, located in Munebrega. The winery is located on the outskirts of the village and the vineyards are nestled in the high altitude valleys between the Sierra de Pardos and the Sierra de Pena Blanca, where it owns 654 acres of old-vine. All vineyards Garnacha vineyards are head-pruned and situated high on he hillsides, from 2,850-3,000 feet above sea level. Bodegas Breca is one of seven boutique wineries forming Grupo Jorge Ordonez. selection of Spanish wineries. They produce some of the most prestigious and award-winning wines internationally. The author is Jorge Ordonez, one of the most important wine personalities in the world, and accompany him as managers of the wineries: Victoria Ordonez.
| Technical notes |
| The old-vines vineyards used to make this wine are situated near the village of Munebrega and were planted between 1945 and 1968. They are located in the valleys between Sierra de Pardos and Sierra de Pena Blanca. The vines are planted in two different soil types: decomposed slate and gravely red clay soils. Even though there is very little rainfall in the region, the clay holds sufficient water for the vines to obtain moisture and to be grown without irrigation. The grapes are carefully hand sorted for only perfectly mature clusters, with yields at 1. 5 to 2 tons per acre. The wine is fermented in stainless steel and aged for 6 months. |
| Producer |
| Located in the sleepy town of Munebrega, Bodegas Breca was founded by Jorge Ordonez in 2010 with the mission of producing the finest Garnacha in Aragon. Garnacha de Aragon, the clone used to produce the wines of Bodegas Breca, is the most ancient and genetically untouched clone of of Garnacha (Grenache) in the world. Garnacha was first cultivated in this northeastern corner of Spain, and transplanted across the Mediterranean by the medieval Kingdom of Aragon, which had territories across the Mediterranean. D. O. Calatayud has a very unique, extreme terroir. The combination of radical altitudes, diverse slate soils, and drastic climate combine to create a completely unique mesoclimate. As Spain?s highest region for the production of Garnacha, Calatayud frequently sees temperature swings of 45?F between day and night. In our mountainside vineyards (2600-3500ft. ), our vines are oftentimes exposed to 40-100?F diurnal temperature swings in the summer. The heat allows the grapes to achieve full phenolic ripeness, and the cool nights build high acidity in the grapes. Due to its long vegetative cycle, Garnacha requires a relatively dry, hot climate to reach proper phenolic ripeness. The cold nights, dawn, and dusk, combined with a variety of slate dominant soils, allow the grapes to reach high levels of acidity. Our head trained vineyards were planted between 1900 and 1975, and as with all of the Grupo Jorge Ordonez vineyards, they are dry farmed. These conditions produce exceptionally balanced wines with ageing potential due to their concentration and acidity. Garnacha, most famous internationally for its French name Grenache, is a grape cultivar that was most originally planted in the Kingdom of Aragon in the northeast of Spain during the Middle Ages. Transplanted across the Mediterranean by the Aragonese, who had holdings in southern France and Italy, the original Garnacha evolved into more productive clones now planted in Southern France - the same clones that are famous for the very aromatic, lighter body and color wines that they produce. The most widely planted red grape in the world, the vast majority of the Grenache plantings are of these more modern, unauthentic clones on trellis. However, in present day Aragon, it is still possible to find vineyards of these old clones planted up to a century ago in decomposed iron rich red and black slate soils. ? Jorge Ordonez pioneered the introduction of Garnacha into the United States in the 1990s, when Garnacha was the most widely planted grape in Spain. At the time, however, all of the Spanish red wines available in the American market were Tempranillo dominant. Jorge recognized the quality of the old vine plantings of Garnacha and and the wines they produced, and exposed the United States to these sensational wines. |
| ABV: | - |
| Distillery: | - |
| Vintage: | 2016 |
| Region: | - |
| Size: | 750 ml |
| Availability: | Currently Out of Stock |
| Distributed by: | IW |
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