Campos de Viento Tempranillo 2013
Winemaker Notes
The Campos de Viento vineyards cover around 100 H, in three large estates. The climate is generally dry and there are few problems with disease - the main threat for viticulture in this region are frosts in the spring, given the altitude. The old vines are all grown as bush vines.
These vines, give small bunches with small individual berries, and are therefore quite concentrated with fruit. It is this fruit which makes the basis for Campos de Viento.
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.