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The Pago's - Single
Vineyards
Mas La Plana | Mas
Borrás | Reserva Real
Gran Muralles | Milmanda
| Fransola
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News for Mas La Plana
Selected as one of the
"World's Best Cabernets"
Torres's great single vineyard plots are especially
apt for making the highest quality wines. We have located truly
privileged soils in Spain and America and have transferred to them
our philosophy.It is in these vineyards that man's efforts join
in with Mother Nature, with humility and respect. The end product
of this union is the embodiment of several generations of Torres.
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Gran Muralles
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Description:
A red wine made from a selection of ancient Catalan grape varieties:
Monastrell, Garnacha Tinta, Garró, Samsó and Cariñena,
recuperating the most classic of styles in the Mediterranean’s
thousand-year-old tradition.
Origin:
It starts off life in a special ‘pago’ or single vineyard
with slate (llicorella) soils, situated alongside the medieval walls
of the Cistercian monastery of Poblet.
Wine and Food:
Perfect with meat dishes, such as the roasts or stews typical to
Mediterranean cuisine, accompanied with tomato and pepper sauces
or cooked with traditional herbs and spices (thyme, oregano, rosemary,
basil, bay leaf, pepper).
Tasting Notes:
Intense deep red colour with a purplish sheen. Aroma of exotic and
profound complexity showing the wine’s great density, incredibly
rich body and structure. Note the hints of spices (pepper, clove),
shrubs (thyme) and very ripe, small red berries (cranberry, redcurrant)
over a background of smoke, vanilla and incense. On the palate the
wine is a true revelation, a different style that at the same time
evokes memories of other wines and other horizons. It grows as it
warms up, exhibiting after a few seconds a fantastic series of flavours
and memories... The dense but sweet tannins open up and once again
deliver the spicy, fruity message of the bouquet and evolve in the
aftertaste into a splendid finish that leaves a firm mark and a
happy memory.
Awards:
Gold Medal International Wine Challenge 2003 (1998 Vintage) |
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Mas la
Plana -
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Origin:
In this small (29 ha.) vineyard only the most select Cabernet
Sauvignon grapes are grown. These are used to make strictly limited
quantities of Torres’ most prestigious red wine, now known
to connoisseurs all over the world. In the Paris Wine Olympiad,
the 1970 vintage triumphed over some of the most famouswines in
the world, including Chateau Latour. This success has been repeated
on several other occasions, with Gran Coronas Mas La Plana notching
up numerous other international awards.
Wine and Food:
A perfect partner for the finest meat and game dishes.
Tasting Notes:
Deep dense cherry colour, with a touch of mahogany. Wonderfully
intense bouquet typical of this vineyard: hints of cranberries,
cherries and truffles, with an incense-like quality developed
during ageing in wood. Full, elegant and pronounced aftertaste,
befitting a wine of this quality.
Awards:
Gold Medal Challenge International du Vin 2000 ('95 Vintage)
Gold Medal Beijing International Wine challenge 2000 ('96 Vintage)
Gold Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition 2001 ('97
Vintage)
Gold Medal Sélections Mondiales 2002 - Canada ('98 Vintage)
Gold Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition 2002 ('98
Vintage)
91/100 Points Wine Spectator USA May 2002 (1997 Vintage)
92/100 Points Wine Enthusiast USA April 2002 (1997 Vintage)
Gold Medal Mundus Vini 2003 (1998 Vintage)
Gold Medal Challenge International du Vin 2003, France (1998 Vintage)
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Mas Borras
- Spain
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Description:
The coolest parts of the Penedès are most suitable for growing
the noble and elegant red variety Pinot Noir. One location that
stands out is at our historic ‘pago’ or single vineyard
of Mas Borrás, giving its name to this exceptional, distinct
wine, awarded by the International Jury at the Wine Olympiad in
Paris in 1985.
Wine and Food:
Excellent served with roasts, boiled ham or creamy cheeses.
Tasting Notes:
Intense floral aroma (violets) over a background of cocoa and small
red berries (redcurrants and pomegranate) The wine is extremely
smooth on the palate with sweet tannins that enhance the floral
varietal notes as well as those of truffles and spices.
Awards:
Gold Medal Mundus Vini 2003 (2001 Vintage)
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Reserva
Real -
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Description:
In 1995 we celebrated the 125th Anniversary of our winery. In
honour of the fact, His Majesty King Juan Carlos I visited us,
saw our vineyards and installations, showing great interest in
every aspect of winemaking. While tasting our wines, His Majesty
showed particular appreciation for a red wine from our Santa Margarita
de Agulladolç vineyard. At this high altitude location,
presided over by a Romanesque chapel dating from the 12th century,
we cultivate Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. The
llicorella (fine slate) soils produce very small harvests of an
exceptional wine that subsequently ages and becomes more refined
in new oak barrels from the forests of Nevers (France). As of
1997 we decided to vinify this Reserva Real (Royal Reserve) separately
in memory of that remarkable day and as a living and expressive
testament to the prestige of the great red wines of the Penedès.
Tasting Notes:
Intense deep mahogany red colour, with brown tinges in keeping
with a properly aged wine. On the nose the wine is intense, complex
and very fruity (blackberry and raspberry jams). There are clear
signs of oak in a series of toasted aromas (toasted almonds and
toasted bread) and a slight hint of smoke over a spicy background
of cloves and bay leaf. On the palate it is powerful and quick
to emerge, with body and huge concentration enhanced by its sweet
but well structured tannins. It is reminiscent of ripe fruit jams
and prunes with well integrated oak and the considerable presence
of touches of cocoa and leather finished off by a slight flinty
nuance all in all giving the wine great length.
Awards:
Gold Medal Challenge International du Vin 2001 ('97 Vintage)
Gold Medal Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2001 ('97 Vintage)
Gold Medal Les Olympiades du Vin 2001 (Francia) ('97 Vintage)
Gold Medal International Wine Challenge 2002 ('98 Vintage)
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Milmanda
- Spain
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Description:
The highland estate of Milmanda, dominated by the castle that
gives it its name, is where Chardonnay finds the most favourable
conditions for its development. Years of patient research have
resulted in Milmanda. The complex and harmonious combination of
aromas of this elegant, noble wine elevate it to truly world-class
status.
Wine and Food:
An ideal wine to go with caviar. Also perfect with grilled fish,
chicken, goat’s milk cheese, smoked salmon, milk and butter
sauces, and cheese soufflé.
Tasting Notes:
Wonderfully intense bouquet with lactic hints as well as very
ripe fruit (peaches, melon, coconut....) and certain spices (cinnamon,
truffles). On the palate the wine has a wonderfully balanced acidity,
alcoholic strength and complexity with rich, perfumed and intricate
flavours that gain intensity in the mouth, leading to a fascinating,
long aftertaste.
Awards:
Gold Medal Challenge International du Vin 2000 ('98 Vintage)
Gold Medal Finest Wine in Contest Beijing International Wine Whallenge
2000 ('98 Vintage)
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Fransola
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Description:
Sauvignon Blanc forms the basis of this unique wine, partially fermented
and aged in new American oak.
Wine and Food:
Ideal with the very best fish and shellfish; also with light poultry
dishes, asparagus, and lobster.
Tasting Notes:
Intense voluptuous bouquet with aromatic notes of various fruits
and plants (certain tropical fruits, the scent of fig trees in summer,
touches of mint). On the palate the wine is round and full-bodied
and has excellent structure. Elegant aftertaste with a citric edge.
Awards:
Gold Medal Prix Excellence CIVART Challenge International du
Vin 2000 ('98 Vintage)
Gold Medal International Wine & Spirit Competition 2001 ('99
Vintage)
Gold Medal Expovina 2001 (2000 Vintage)
Gold Medal Expovina 2003 (2002 Vintage)
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SANGRE DE TORO...
50 YEARS OF HISTORY
The red wine, Sangre de Toro, which celebrates fifty years of history this year,
was the first wine created by Torres with a true sense of brand.
read more...
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