Parajes de los Vidrios Garnacha 2018
The Garnacha from Gredos that’s a big hit
Very long-lasting, fresh and drinkable wines that have delighted critics, such as Paraje de los Vidrios Garnacha 2018, which was awarded 90 Parker points. Made from grapes from high-lying vines between 60 and 100 years old, it’s been aged for 9 months in 500-litre French oak barrels.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Garnacha tinta
Type of barrel
500-litre French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy
Barrel aging time
9 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14
General Information
In the past few years the Garnacha wines from the Gredos mountains have enjoyed a major resurgence that has brought the area into the international spotlight. This revival involved renewing and recovering old vines, many of which had been abandoned. The part of Gredos located in the Madrid region is home to Paraje de los Vidrios Garnacha 2018, an intense red with good varietal expression and woodland, wild berry, floral and balsamic aromas and a marvellously fresh and complex palate. A serious, fine wine with a score of 90 Parker points.
Paraje de los Vidrios Garnacha 2018 is made wholly from Garnacha grapes grown on the 20 hectares of vineyards distributed into different plots in Cadalso de los Vidrios and San Martín de Valdeiglesias. The vines are between 60 and 100 years old and grow at an altitude of 800–900 m in poor, granitic, sandy soils. The vines are organically farmed in accordance with biodynamic principles with full respect for the environment. And horses are used to work the land.
2018 was an excellent year, much cooler than usual, resulting in wine with greater freshness, acidity and complexity. Each plot was harvested when the grapes were at their ripest.
The berries were not crushed before being processed and 50% of the bunches were complete with stems. They underwent pre-fermentative maceration for 4 days at 12ºC to extract the aromas, followed by fermentation at 22ºC in stainless steel and concrete vats with native yeast, to bring out the characteristic flavours in the grapes. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation was carried out in 500-litre French oak barrels and the wine was finally aged for 9 months in 500-litre French oak barrels.
Parajes de los Vidrios is a young winery located in the part of the Sierra de Gredos located in the Madrid region. The firm’s mastermind is Miguel Ángel Sánchez, a well-known wine distributor and a member of the fifth generation of local grape growers, who acquired several plots in the municipal districts of Cadalso de los Vidrios and San Martín de Valdeiglesias.
The old Garnacha and Albillo vines grow at an altitude of between 800 and 920 metres. The firm is committed to organic and biodynamic farming and minimal intervention at the winery to achieve straightforward wines that reflect the terroir, designed under the guidance of Manuel Manzaneque.
Paraje de los Vidrios Garnacha 2018 (D.O. Vinos de Madrid) is perfect with fillet of beef in a reduction of red wine, and is just as good with Mediterranean rice dishes with chicken and lamb.
Creators' opinion
Vino muy fino y elegante proveniente de viñedos viejos en Cadalso de los Vidrios (Sierra de Gredos). Aquí, los suelos arenosos dan lugar a vinos con menos color pero mucho más frescos y delicados. Trabajamos con viticultura ecológica y labramos con caballería. El resultado es un vino con mucha fruta, muy fresco y con buena tensión. Un vino que emociona y que respeta enormemente el territorio y el terruño del que viene.
The winery
Parajes de los Vidrios is a young winery located in the Madrid part of the Sierra de Gredos. Behind this brand is Miguel Ángel Sánchez, a well-known wine distributor and the 5th generation of winegrowers in the area, who acquired various plots in the municipalities of Cadalso de los Vidrios and San Martín de Valdeiglesias. The project also includes the winemaker Manuel Manzaneque and the distribution company Aseuniv Grandes Vinos. The goal of this brand is to create fine and elegant Madrid wines that reflect the personality of the terroir.
Their vineyards are situated between 800 and 920 meters above sea level and are planted with garnacha and albillo vines aged between 60 and 100 years. The vines grow in poor, sandy, and granitic soils, plowed with horses. They are cultivated following organic and biodynamic practices. In the winery, low-intervention methods are used to create honest wines that reflect the terroir.