Origen de Luzón Garnacha Tintorera 2021
Garnacha Tintorera, one of Spain’s best native grapes
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Garnacha Tintorera is one of the best native varieties in Spain. This highly distinctive, red-fleshed grape variety produces potent red wines and is currently enjoying a boom in the southeast of the country, its natural habitat. Savour this unique grape variety with Origen de Luzón Garnacha Tintorera 2021, a single-varietal red that's been barrel aged for 8 months and was created by one of Jumilla's leading wineries: Luzón.
General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Garnacha tintorera
Type of barrel
Oak barrels
Type of bottle
Truncated cone
Barrel aging time
8 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
15
General Information
The winegrowing areas of southeast Spain, such as Jumilla, bring out the best in the Garnacha Tintorera grape variety. Jumilla is home to Origen de Luzón Garnacha Tintorera 2021, made entirely from Garnacha Tintorera grapes from different vineyards where altitude and soil type mark the character of the grapes. The grapes were harvested by hand and sorted at the winery before being vatted and undergoing alcoholic fermentation in partial contact with their skins for 10 to 12 days, without exceeding 26ºC. The resulting wine was aged for 8 months in oak barrels.
With more than a century of experience, Bodegas Luzón together with the Gil family and Casa de la Ermita, has been the driving force behind the modernisation of the D.O. Jumilla, and shares the responsibility of having positioned Monastrell among the most important grape varieties in the area. It's a cutting-edge winery that makes an important contribution to wine tourism and creates its wines from grapes cultivated in 1,200 hectares of vineyards.
Origen de Luzón Garnacha Tintorera 2021 (D.O. Jumilla) is ideal with veal in almond sauce or even with baked salmon with potatoes,
Creators' opinion
Deep cherry-red colour and intense pigmentation. The nose is expressive, intense and complex, with aromas reminiscent of black fruits (blackberries, cherries), liquorice and menthol. On the palate it's round and concentrated, with ripe and structured tannins. Very good volume with a long, lingering finish.
The winery
With over a century of history, the recent trajectory of Luzón places it as one of the revolutionary wineries in the D.O. Jumilla and the entire southeastern region of Spain. It is one of the most important wineries in the area along with Bodegas y Viñedos Casa de la Ermita and Juan Gil Bodegas Familiares, sharing the responsibility of elevating the monastrell variety as one of the flagship grapes of the national wine scene.
The origins of Bodegas Luzón stem from the successive union of winegrowers and producers in the Jumilla region since 1916, a cooperative effort that expanded, modernized, and became established as a winery until 2005, when Grupo Fuertes acquired the majority share of the company and undertook significant investments to equip Bodegas Luzón with the most advanced technology in favor of a well-cared-for and closely monitored vineyard. Today, Luzón is a cutting-edge winery strongly committed to wine tourism. It manages a total of 1,200 hectares of vineyards, of which 412 are owned.