Mas la Plana Torres 2012
Art. # 2058
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Miguel Torres
Founded in 1870 by Jaime Torres, Bodegas Torres is located in Pacs, about 4 km from Villafranca del Penedes. Torres is the family winery with the largest vineyards in Penedès and the largest winery in Spain. The family also runs the Miguel Torres Chile winery in the central Chilean valley, as well as the Marimar Estate, founded in 1986 in the United States (California). In Spain outside the Penedès, they own vineyards in DO Conca de Barberà, DO Toro, DO Jumilla, DO Ribera del Duero, DOQ Priorat and more recently in DOC Rioja - in the last three areas with new wineries or wineries under construction. Torres is also the largest producer of DO wines in Spain with its own label, exporting to more than 140 countries. Jaime Torres emigrated to Cuba in 1855, where he managed to amass wealth, and in 1870, returning home as a wealthy man, he began business with his brother, a vine grower. Together they founded the family company in Villafranca del Penedes in 1870. During the Spanish Civil War, the winery was bombed and left in ruins. Miguel Torres Carbo, the fourth generation of the family, rebuilt the winery in 1940 and started the business again. He stopped selling bulk wine and started bottling with his own labels. During the occupation of France, sales there were hampered and Miguel Torres traveled to the United States to promote his wines. During this period, the Sangre de Toro, Viña Sol and Coronas brands appeared for the first time. In 1966, work began on the planting of international varieties - Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, and later Merlot, Pinot Noir, Riesling and Gewürztraminer. That same year, Miguel A. Torres married Waltraud Makasek, a German artist who actively helped sell wines on the German market. The first Riesling produced by Torres was named after her. In 1975, Bodegas Torres began growing organic wine grapes. In 1991, after the death of Miguel Torres, the winery passed into the hands of his son Miguel A. Torres, the current president and managing director of the company. Under the Torres brand, they trade in wine and brandy under various labels. Some of them are Vinya Sol, Sangre de Toro, De Casta, Coronas, Atrium and Vinya Esmeralda, and among their most famous brands are Torres 5 and Torres 10.
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Catalonia
The name of Catalonia DO was created in 1999 and encompasses all vineyards not covered by any of the other 11 DOs in the region, which are Emporda, Costers del Segre, Pla de Bages, Alella, Cava, Penedes, Conca de Barbera, Tarragona, Montsant, and Terra Alta DOs and Priorat, DOCa (Denominación de Origen Calificada, the highest classification); Catalonia is considered different from the other wine regions in Spain due to the flexibility of its wine styles, with a strong French influence on two of the most recognizable wines - sparkling cava in the Champagne style and red table wines that have similar characteristics to those produced in Roussillon, just across the Pyrenees; the main grape varieties are Tempranillo (known in Catalan as Ull de Llebre), Garnacha, and Monastrell (the French Mourvedre), but Bordeaux red varieties also play an important role in some of the highest quality blends as well as in varietal wines; although there are numerous reasons for the success of Catalonia's wine industry, Cava has played an important role, as in the 1870s, José Raventós began producing sparkling wines around the town of Sant Sadurní d'Anoia in Penedes using the traditional method, and the success of this wine was so great that the area became the center of Cava production in Spain and became a DO in 1986.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
This is probably the most famous red wine grape variety on Earth - a natural crossing between Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc. From its origins in Bordeaux, this vine has successfully spread to almost every wine growing country in the world. Cabernet Sauvignon wines always demonstrate a handful of common character traits: deep color, excellent tannic structure and aromas of black berries and spices.
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