We present to you one of the pioneering, dynamic, and most important wineries of the Denominación de Origen Cigales: La Legua, located on an estate where wine has been produced for centuries and home to the exclusive red wine La Legua 50 Veranos Edición Especial 2021.
Consumption features
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
10 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
08/2022
Total acidity (g/l)
5.1
Volatile acidity (g/l)
0.56
Sugar
1.5
pH
3.66
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14.2
General Information
Next to the city of Valladolid, part of the Denominación de Origen Cigales, stands La Legua, one of the most important wineries in this production area, responsible for revitalizing the geographical indication and championing quality red wines when the hallmark of the region was still claretes.
A family-run winery, its origins trace back to Emeterio Fernández Marcos, a neurologist by profession and a passionate viticulture enthusiast, who in 1969 acquired the estate, betting on a pioneering methodology in the region. To begin with, he undertook the restructuring of the vineyard, uprooting nearly all the old vines, planting trellised vines, and placing each variety in the location where it would best express itself. This effort culminated in 1997, when La Legua inaugurated new facilities, built over the tunnels of the old century-old winery, and began marketing its wines, primarily based on the strong personality developed by the tempranillo variety in these gravelly and alluvial soils.
From this invaluable estate, we present to you La Legua 50 Veranos Edición Especial 2021, an exclusive red wine for Vinoselección, crafted from a selection of the best tempranillo clusters grown on the 80 hectares of vineyards at Finca La Legua.
Tasting notes
It displays a cherry red color with hints of maroon.
The nose is very expressive and intense, highlighting aromas of ripe red and black fruits (blueberries and raspberries), which give way to spicy and floral sensations, hints of wild herbs, and coffee bean; all set against a background of noble and fine woods.
On the palate, it shows very good balance, being flavorful and enjoying a fine tannin. The journey is aromatic, fresh, and fluid. The finish unfolds long and persistent, with a pleasant balsamic background.
Creators' opinion
Como la propia contraetiqueta indica, este tinto está concebido como homenaje a la familia y como recuerdo a los 50 veranos que ya lleva asentada en la finca, con sus buenas y sus no tan buenas experiencias, pero que todas conforman un bagaje cultural familiar. Este mismo carácter hemos querido infundir a este vino, elaborado a partir de una selección de racimos llevada a cabo únicamente por manos del clan familiar, y depositando en él todo el cariño, la ilusión, el buen hacer y el optimismo de toda la familia.
The winery
The La Legua estate is home to the vineyards and the family winery of the same name, located 6 km – one league – from Valladolid. With a centuries-old history, the new chapter of the La Legua estate began in 1969, when Emeterio Fernández Marcos, a neurologist and psychiatrist from Valladolid, passionate about the countryside and agriculture, acquired the estate, believing in its potential to produce high-quality red wines.
In the 1980s, he undertook the restructuring of the vineyard, uprooting almost all the old vines (which mixed varieties within the same plot) and planting trellised vines in single-variety plots. In 1997, La Legua inaugurated new facilities built over the tunnels of the estate's existing centuries-old winery, and in the same year produced its first vintage using its own vineyard, which had already reached the appropriate age.
Today, the La Legua estate encompasses 80 hectares of vineyards aged between 28 and 35 years, divided into 7 plots. Depending on the type of soil, a specific grape variety is cultivated in each plot. Exclusively using these own vineyards (85% Tempranillo, 8% Garnacha Tinta, and 7% Cabernet Sauvignon), La Legua produces red wines and a rosé under the D.O. Cigales.