Bodegas Arrayán "La Suerte" 2018 Garnacha Méntrida DO Toledo

750ml bottle

14.5% abv

Spice and flowers, laden with fresh red fruit aromas, succulent on the palate, juicy and bold.

Situated in El Real de San Vincente, at 720 metres above sea level, the vineyard is home to 60 year old vines and granite and sandy soils. The local climate is characterised by the large variations between the extremely cold winters and very hot summers, which is ideal for growing grapes and the production of this type of wine.

The harvest is carried out both manually and mechanically. The grapes are then transported to the winery's facilities in small 20kg capacity boxes, which helps avoid the grapes breaking and prematurely fermenting.

The grapes are not destemmed and kept whole during production. The first phases of production takes place in stainless steel tanks. The grapes undergo cold macerated for 2 days before fermentation, which takes place at low temperatures for around 25 days. Finally, La Suerte de Arrayán is moved to 300l capacity French oak barrels where it ages for 12 months.

The Arrayán winery is home to plots that span over 26 hectares, situated between 470-510 metres above sea level. It is these plots that are used to make there wines, which are consistently well received by critics.

Bodegas Arrayán was founded in 1999 as a personal project of José María Entrecanales and María Marsans. The appointment of Maite Sánchez as oenologist in 2009 marked a new era for Arrayán in terms of both the process of making its existing wines and Maite’s focus on adding autochthonous varieties to the range. Her priority is to enable the vines to bring out the full expression of each terroir. Vine-growing practices are environmentally friendly and without herbicides or pesticides to favor biodiversity and balance. The same approach is applied to winemaking: fermentation occurs spontaneously using the grapes' natural yeasts, without any added products, with the goal of achieving the maximum purity and personality of each terroir.