Portal Del Montsant Bruberry

Garnacha Tinta is one of the best known varieties in Spain. It originated in Alicante and Aragon, although during the Middle Ages it spread throughout the Mediterranean, mostly thanks to the maritime trade of the Crown of Aragon. This variety therefore became very popular in other areas like the Rhone Valley, Italy and Sardinia. It continued to play an important role throughout the 20th century (as the most planted grape in Spain), until the 1980s and 1990s, when it was replaced by other varieties. However, nowadays, many wineries are bringing it back, like Portal del Montsant.

The Portal del Montsant winery is part of the Parxet group (which controls a large number of shares in Raventós Codorniu). This business, founded in 2001 by architect and wine lover Alfredo Arribas, was bought by the Raventós Basagoti family in 2010, but has never forgotten its main mission: to recover old vines and work with traditional varieties. This is how Bruberry Negre was born, a single-variety Garnacha Tinta made in the D.O. Montsant (in northeast Spain.).

The grapes for this wine come from the northern part of this denomination, specifically from the La Figuera vineyard, made up of 25-year-old vines planted at 300 metres above sea level. Sheltered under a Mediterranean climate with continental touches, the berries grow through cold winters and hot, dry summers, fed only by the rain that falls in spring and autumn. This dryness is also tempered by the humid winds from the sea and the influence of the Ebro River. Bruberry Negre ferments at a controlled temperature and once converted into wine, it undergoes a short maceration with its skins, between 14 and 18 days. Finally, it is bottled and sold. The purest Garnacha Tinta!