What to know before you buy Navarra Wines

 

 Vinos de navarra

 

Recently a team of researchers in Navarra identified the original and primitive vitis silvestris, which can be estimated at about five million years, but the first documented evidence of Navarre wines dates back to Roman times, Which left us remains of warehouses, funerary monuments and amphoras that certify the importance of this product in this period.

Two very important events that propelled the Navarre wine were the creation of the first monasteries and the Camino de Santiago, since from the hand of the pilgrims came new grape varieties and new techniques of elaboration.

The 19th century, due to the phylloxera that devastated the French vineyards, was the biggest boom for Navarre wines, as exports increased in a very significant way. But the phylloxera soon arrived in Navarre and destroyed almost all the plantations, but after the catastrophe came an initiative of the Provincial Council to rebuild the vineyards and supply the needs of the Navarrese and Spanish consumers. At present, the do Navarra, constituted in 1932, has 11,000 hectares of vineyard in five wine-growing areas.

Traditionally, wines from Navarre have been identified with rosé wines, but today a wide range of sweet, red and white wines is made.

For the production of Navarre wine, the Navarra wineries have limestone soils, with little clay and few in nutrients, healthy and with good drainage, located between 250 and 650 meters above sea level.

Regarding Navarre rosé wine, the Grenache grape is usually used separately or mixed with Tempranillo or Cabernet Sauvignon. The traditional bleeding system is still used, resulting in wines with striking color and suggestive fruity aromas. Must be consumed within the next year to the elaboration. They accompany to perfection with appetizers, rice dishes and pastas.

Among the red wines, we distinguish between young red and oak red, almost always made from Garnacha or Tempranillo, crianza reds, where the Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot charge prominence, and red reserves or great reserve.

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