Finca Legardeta Garnacha 2019
Garnacha from Navarra, according to J. Chivite Family Estates
With 106 hectares of vineyards, the Legardeta estate is the largest of all those owned by J. Chivite Family Estates. This is where unique wines with a distinctive personality are born, such as this Finca Legardeta Garnacha 2019, which will delight all lovers of this native variety. And everyone else, too.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Garnacha tinta
Type of barrel
French oak barrels.
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
10 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
14/07/2021
Total acidity (g/l)
5.10
Volatile acidity (g/l)
0.57
Sugar
0.84
pH
3.60
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14.5
General Information
According to an official document, the Chivite family has been dedicated to winemaking since August 1647, at the very least. For almost four centuries, eleven generations of this prestigious family have been responsible for making their surname one of the best known in Spanish wine, and above all in Navarre. Over the past few decades, J. Chivite Family Estates has become one of the country’s most important wine empires, now belonging to the Perelada group under the name Perelada & Chivite.
Finca Legardeta Garnacha 2019 is made in Villatuerta. This is where the Legardeta estate is located, the largest of all those owned by J. Chivite Family Estates, with 103 hectares of vineyards. The estate experiences a huge contrast in temperatures between day and night, which helps preserve the wine’s colour and acidity. Its geographical location also allows the grapes to ripen slowly, favouring the production of red wines defined by freshness and elegance.
And fresh and elegant is precisely what Finca Legardeta Garnacha 2019 is: an exceptional wine that faithfully reflects the landscape of the estate that gives it its name. Fruity, intense and beautifully balanced, it has been aged for 10 months in French oak barrels. Its characteristics make it the perfect match for beef ragout or stuffed aubergines.
Tasting notes
Deep, well-covered garnet red in colour.
It reveals an intense and pleasant nose, with aromas of red fruit (raspberry) accompanied by floral, spicy and red caramel notes.
On the palate, it is balanced, flavoursome, elegant and subtle, with an aromatic finish and well-integrated, silky tannins. Its finish is long and persistent.
The winery
Winery
It is impossible to talk about Navarre wine without mentioning Chivite, the quintessential winery of Navarra and an icon of family tradition. The origins of J. Chivite Family Estates date back to 1647. Since then, this family lineage has been dedicated to winemaking, becoming one of the most important wineries in the country.
Chivite sources its grapes from the 103 hectares of vineyards at Finca Legardeta, located in Villatuerta, in a transitional area between the Pyrenees and the Ebro River Basin, at an average altitude of 450 m. A very undulating estate, divided into plots with different orientations and soil compositions, which provides the winery with great versatility in winemaking.
Chivite has been a pioneering winery in several aspects: it was one of Spain's first exporters, in 1860, when Claudio Chivite began selling wine to Bordeaux. It was also one of Spain's first bottlers: the year was 1956. In 1985, to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the first export to Bordeaux, Chivite launched the wine 125 Aniversario Gran Vino 1981, the origin of its renowned Colección 125 range.
In 2017, the Grupo Peralada acquired the Chivite Group, which includes this winery of the same name, along with Bodegas Gran Feudo and Viña Salceda. Julián Chivite López, the eleventh generation of the family, remains connected to the winery, serving as President.