Mia Red 2015
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Gloria Collell is a passionate and modern oenologist with a bold creative vision and a youthful spirit. Together with the world-renowned Freixenet family, Gloria set out to create this fresh and fruity range of young wines, called Mía.
Gloria Collell, winemaker of Mia chose this name, which means "mine" in Spanish becasue she wanted everyone to feel apart of it. They also wanted a feminine name that would be easy to pronounce internationally. She always dreamed of making quality, easy-drinking Spanish wines for young people and thanks to the support of Freixenet, that dream became a reality.
With Mía wines, they created a way of blending wonderful, traditional grapes, which Spain has cultivated for thousands of years, with modern wine making techniques. The essence of Mía is this respect for the past, combined with a forward way of thinking… all inspired by the style and vibrancy of Barcelona, her home. Basically, they like to think of Mía as color, sunshine and Barcelona in a bottle.
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.