There are wines that just exude nature in every way, and Quinta de la Quietud Colección Reserva 2018 is one of them. Few wineries are as strongly committed to organic and environmental concerns as Quinta de la Quietud is. From one of the best areas of the D.O. Toro, it brings us, exclusively, Quinta Quietud Colección Reserva 2018.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tinta de Toro
Type of barrel
French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Truncated cone
Barrel aging time
24 months
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
Quinta Quietud's aim is to produce a wine that’s fully integrated into the environment where its vines grow with minimal interference with nature. For this reason, from start to finish the winemaking and grape growing processes are focused on achieving the faithful expression of a particular area and the Tinta de Toro red grape variety, in a fully organic concept. Quinta Quietud Colección Reserva 2018 is a straightforward wine, without pretence, and above all it has the personality of an authentic red wine made in Toro.
It's designed entirely with Tinta de Toro grapes from the winery's oldest vineyards that were gobelet trained and organically and dry farmed. They were harvested by hand in 15 kg crates and allowed to ferment spontaneously without added sulphites in open stainless steel tanks. The wine spent the six winter months in tanks on its fine lees, with batonnage (stirring), followed by 24 months in French oak barrels.
At the end of the last century, an international trend swept through the Denominación de Origen Toro. Some of the most important firms on the wine scene put down roots in this production area in the region of Castilla y León, attracting international attention from the sector, including from several prominent names in neighbouring France. A French couple eager to own old vineyards in one of the few areas in the world untouched by phylloxera, thanks to the sandy soils of Toro, seemed to go unnoticed among names like Vega Sicilia, the Eguren brothers and Louis Vuitton. That is how Quinta de la Quietud came about in 1999.
Their adventure was short-lived and, two years later, a group of businessmen headed by ex-football player Eusebio Sacristán took over the company and focused all their efforts on a non-interventionist and fully organic approach to the winery and its excellent estate located just two kilometres south of the left bank of the Duero River.
The winery's hectares of Toro red vines, certified as organic since 2002, lie at an altitude of around 700 metres above sea level in the heart of the production area. There, the French winemaker Jean-François Hebrard prescribes strict care of the vines, with respect for the soil, to ensure that the grapes express all their authentic qualities naturally. The perfect way to enjoy the Tinta de Toro variety in all its splendour, as in this Quinta Quietud Colección 2018.
Tasting notes
Very deep cherry red. Powerful and complex aroma of black fruit jam, liquorice, fine toasted notes (dark cocoa) and mineral touches (graphite). Dense and elegant on the palate, with great personality and length.
The winery
Established since 1999 in the municipality of Toro, Quinta de la Quietud is a genuine winery within the Toro Denomination of Origin, driven by its commitment to certified organic farming since 2002. With this foundation, the great heritage of the winery lies in its vineyards of the endemic Tinta de Toro grape, some of which are old, with ages ranging between thirty and ninety years.