Marañones 2021
16.71₣ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Bodegas Marañones
Vinos de Madrid
4 for immediate shipment. More, available on 19/09/2025
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
14.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Alcoholic fermentation with whole harvest and stems. Aged for 12 months in old French oak barrels of 500 liters. Bottled without filtering nor clarifying.
Description
Among the escarpments and natural terraces of San Martín de Valdeiglesias, where the bedrock looms like a backbone of the landscape, Fernando García found a forgotten treasure: old Garnacha vines planted at an altitude of over 800 metres, in decomposed granite soils, aerated by the winds that blow down from Gredos. There, Marañones Tinto was born, as an act of faith in the potential of a grape that was often misunderstood and of an area that was then a no man's land for great wines.
Fernando, trained in Burgundian sensibility and the honest rusticity of mountain wines, understood that there was no need for volume or extraction to speak with depth. His vision was clear from the beginning: respect the plant, interpret the soil, and not betray the personality of each vintage. He did not intervene more than necessary, and perhaps that is why his wines seem to speak softly... but for a long time.
The vineyard that gives rise to Marañones Tinto is a mosaic of small north-facing plots of goblet-trained Garnacha vines, many of them planted between 1950 and 1960. The soil -weathered granite with veins of quartz and sand- forces the roots to struggle, and you can feel it in every sip. The climate is continental, but tempered by the altitude: cool nights, slow ripening, wines with tension.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand, almost plant by plant. The bunches, mostly whole, are vatted without destemming for spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. No forced temperature, no violent extractions. Only gentle pumpovers, seeking more infusion than maceration, like someone preparing a very slow tea.
The ageing is done in large used oak casks (3,000 litre foudres) and some neutral barrels, for about 12 months. There is no wood make-up here, only an ageing that respects the nerve of the wine, allowing it to refine without losing character. Bottling is done without fining or filtration, in order to preserve all the wine's natural energy.
Taste
Marañones Tinto does not come on the palate. It glides. Aromatically, it moves between earthy and floral : dried rose petals, sour cherry, scrubland, and that mineral trace so typical of granite, like an echo of chalk dust and hot stone. There is also a subtle smoky note, not of oak, but of well-ripened grape skin, as if the fruit were speaking with a deep voice.
On the palate, it is an ethereal but firm wine, medium-bodied with vibrant tension. The fruit is red, fresh, clean: raspberry, pomegranate, a hint of redcurrant. But it is the texture that dominates: that delicate but precise, almost saline tannin that envelops the palate without drying it out. The acidity, vertical and pure, sets a rhythm that seems to come from the altitude and not from the cellar.
The finish is long, full of details: white pepper, dried bay leaf, a hot mineral note reminiscent of rusty iron or split quartz. It is a mountain red, yes, but one of those that do not need to raise their voice to impose themselves.
Marañones Tinto is, above all, a wine that speaks of its origin. Of old vines and extreme climate, of courageous decisions and artisanal sensitivity. There are no concessions to sweetness or power. There is landscape. There is elegance. And there is truth.
Shipping to Peninsular Spain
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