Arrayán
Country:
Spain
Castilla La Mancha-Méntrida & Cebreros (Sierra de Gredos)
Region:
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 indigenous 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.
Our Wines
Albillo Real 'La Suerte'
2023
100% Albillo Real from two hectares of 80-year-old bush vines planted in 1942 at 600 meters in Almorox, grown on sandy granite soils in a continental-Mediterranean climate and farmed organically using traditional hand-worked methods without chemicals. Albillo Real is an early-ripening, low-vigor variety with high natural sugar, golden skins, and fine pomace. The grapes are foot-stomped and undergo two days of cold skin maceration before pressing and spontaneous fermentation at controlled temperature.
Garnacha 'La Suerte'
2019
100% Garnacha grown on sandy, granite- and quartz-based soils in a continental-Mediterranean climate, in the village of El Real de San Vicente. Farmed organically as traditional bush vines (en vaso) without chemicals and worked entirely by hand. The wine is gravity-fed into stainless steel tanks, undergoes three days of cold maceration before spontaneous temperature-controlled fermentation, and remains on the skins for approximately 20 days total. Malolactic fermentation takes place in cask, followed by 12 months of aging in used 300L and 500L French oak barrels and an additional 12 months in bottle.