Ziríes - Toledo

Located south of the historic town of Toledo, friends Sonia and Javier join forces to produce the Ziries wines. They organically tend plots of old vine Garnacha, entrusted to them by older locals, who, too old to maintain the vines themselves, and too passionate and stubborn to rip up the vines, as most have in this area, where the EU has subsidized doing so.

Ziries Con Viento Fresco 2018

100% Garnacha from 45-90 year-old organic certified grapes.

Winemaking:  Spontaneous fermentation in stainless tanks next to the vineyard with gentle daily punch downs.  All free run juice with unpressed skins returned to the vineyard for composting.  Aged in used 300-500 liter French oak barrels (75%) and stainless (25%) for 9 months.  Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Production: 440 cases

Ziries Garnacha 2014

100% Garnacha from 45-90 year-old organic certified grapes.

Winemaking:  Spontaneous fermentations in stainless, separated by vineyard.  4-5 day cold soak, followed by fermentation, never going above 82F.  Aged in 500-liter, neutral French oak barrels for 15 months, still separated by vineyard (and sometimes even by vineyard section, despite the small vineyards!).  The final blend is created a few weeks prior to bottling.  Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

Production: 290 cases