Fariña Crianza 2022
A Crianza from Toro at its best, crafted with mastery and patience
Fariña Crianza 2022 is one of the most representative wines of Bodegas Fariña in the D.O. Toro. A magnificent monovarietal of Tinta de Toro sourced from old vineyards and refined with 11-12 months in French oak barrels and more than 2 years in bottle. Awarded significant recognitions across its different vintages, it is a red characterised by its silky texture, balance, and long aftertaste.
Consumption features
Pairing
Fariña Crianza 2022 delivers a powerful and elegant pairing. Its profile, with ripe fruit, licorice, and a spicy background, pairs very well with lamb cutlets, grilled beef fillet, veal cheeks, and hearty meat stews. It also complements aged sheep’s cheese and Iberico cured meats with a silky texture that provides balance and enhances the character of the dish.
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Serving temperature
General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tinta de Toro
Type of barrel
French oak barrels.
Type of bottle
Bordeaux
Barrel aging time
11-12 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14
Making process
Winemaking
Fariña Crianza 2022 is crafted as a single-varietal red wine from Tinta de Toro, with precise winemaking that is strongly influenced by the fruit character. After destemming, the grapes undergo a pre-fermentation maceration of 24 hours at 10 ºC, a short and cold step that helps to preserve its aromatic profile before the fermentation begins.
Subsequently, the must ferments over 10 to 12 days at a controlled temperature between 22 and 26 ºC, promoting an balanced and orderly extraction. The entire process aims to produce an expressive wine with structure and softness, resulting from attentive winemaking in the cellar.
Aging
Fariña Crianza 2022 is produced with 100% Tintónero from old vineyards growing on calcareous-loam soils, and its ageing is completed with 11–12 months in French oak barrels before being aged for a minimum of 2 years in bottle to allow the wine to fully round out. This Crianza is crafted to achieve balance, finesse, and complexity.
Vineyard
Description
Fariña Crianza 2022 originates from old vineyards over 40 years of age, cultivated on own-rooted plants in the D.O. Toro, where manual harvest at the optimal ripeness and meticulous cellar work reflect a precise and careful production. Made exclusively from Tinta de Toro, the wine undergoes a maturation of 11-12 months in French oak barrels and is subsequently refined for over 2 years in bottle, a combination that enhances its ripe fruit profile and spicy nuances.
Age
Made with Tinta de Toro sourced from old vineyards over 40 years of age.
Viticulture
Fariña Crianza 2022 comes from old vineyards of Tinta de Toro cultivated on bush vines, over 40 years old, a viticultural base that provides character and concentration to the wine. The winery opts for hand-harvesting at the optimal ripeness, selecting the grapes in the field to preserve their balance and to express the character of the D.O. Toro accurately, in a traditional viticulture style closely linked to careful vineyard management.
Tasting notes
View
Fariña Crianza displays a garnet-red colour with good opacity, lively and bright.
Nose
Mature forest fruits and liquorice define the nose. Followed by very well integrated spice notes, with hints of toasted wood that impart cacao and pepper. The overall aroma is fruity, spicy, and expressive.
Mouth
Fariña Crianza 2022 demonstrates on the palate the robustness of a carefully crafted wine, with a balanced and silky passage where ripe fruit coexists with the spicy notes imparted by the wood, leaving a broad and well-structured sensation. Its tasting profile is long and persistent, with a gentle texture that rounds off the whole and conveys precision with each sip. On the palate, it is balanced, silky, and long.
The winery
Winery
The D.O. Toro would not be the same without the work carried out over the years by its most emblematic winery: Bodegas Fariña, a family-owned winery, pioneering, innovative, and a benchmark in the region. It is the only winery that has been present since the origins of the designation and the firm responsible for the great leap in quality achieved by its wines.
Following in the footsteps of the founder, Salvador Fariña, who began his work in a rudimentary winery dug into the ground in Casaseca de las Chanas, Manuel Fariña López turned this winery into the spearhead of the Tinta de Toro variety. He was a pioneer in Toro in applying winemaking techniques used in the world's most important wine regions, such as fermentation in stainless steel tanks, temperature control during fermentation, and selecting the most suitable barrels for aging wines. A series of innovations that laid the foundations of what many call “the great miracle of Toro”; changes that made it possible to move away from the bold and somewhat heavy wines of a past era to create powerful and elegant wines that have made the D.O. Toro a leading region.
Bodegas Fariña has over 300 hectares of its own vineyards, a true guarantee when producing high-quality wines in the area. Today, Manuel (Manu) Fariña Pérez, son of Manuel and grandson of Salvador, stands as the third generation of winemakers at the winery.