Leyenda Del Paramo El Aprendiz Prieto Picudo 2012
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The dream of starting a legend. As Paulo Coelho said, "we have to follow the signs to pursue our Personal Legend."
The compromise to revive the prieto picudo.
The hard work of a lot of people, sometimes unrewarding, but essential. Men and women becoming legends day after day.
Seven people started the project in 2010. Today, Leyenda del Paramo consits of 76 romantics trying to transmit their dream to many more. They want their wines to travel the world, so that they can pay prieto picudo the hommage it deserves.
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.