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Old vines, poor soils and a lot of personality
The geography in which they work is as beautiful as it is difficult. The vineyards extend between 650 and 850 metres above sea level, on old terraces or on slopes that still preserve the stone walls built by past generations. The soils are poor and sandy, with granitic decomposition, quartz veins and natural drainage that forces the vines to sink their roots in search of water and nutrients. This naturally reduces yields and concentrates the essence of each grape variety, which is divided up to the millimetre. Here, every square metre changes the character of the wine.
Harsh climate, tense wines
The climate is dry, extreme. Marked continentality with Mediterranean influence, very hot summers with cool nights and treacherous springs where frosts can wipe out an entire cycle. All this imprints a seal of tension and freshness on the wines, which find in Altura and the north orientation a natural defence against excess. The vineyard, most of which is old - with goblet-trained vines over 70 years old - is planted on historic terraces, many of which are difficult to access and manage. Nothing in Marañones is simple. And perhaps that is why everything makes sense.
A project with a soul of its own
The project was born in 2008 with Fernando García as winemaker and central figure, after a career marked by his participation in Comando G, a key group in the revolution of the Garnacha de Gredos. However, Marañones is not a clone or a satellite: it is a project with its own voice. Here the obsession is not to make "signature" wines, but wines of place, where the important thing is not the ego of the winemaker, but the precision with which a plot, a vintage, an altitude are transmitted.
Garnacha with nerve
Red Garnacha is undoubtedly the star variety, although not the only one. At Marañones it is vinified with a light hand, without over-extraction, without aggressive toasting, allowing the wine to breathe on its own. Ethereal Garnachas, with crunchy red fruit, wild flower aromas, tense tannins and a mineral background reminiscent of granite dust heated by the sun. But there is not just one Garnacha: there are dozens. Each plot (such as Peña Caballera or El Plano) is worked and vinified separately, seeking to capture its particular structure, altitude and orientation.
Albillo Real, the surprising white
The other great grape of the house is the Albillo Real, a native white variety, often underestimated, which here becomes a true oenological rarity. Albillos with texture, not perfume. Wines with mouthfeel, with volume and without fat; with notes of green apple, almond, dried flowers and that saline finish that only granite knows how to give. The most recognisable reference is Pies Descalzos, a white vinified with surgical precision and aged in large volumes of used wood that respects the fruit and exalts the verticality.
Doing less, but better
The winery processes follow a logic of minimal intervention, but without dogmatism. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, ageing in foudres, used barrels or concrete tanks, depending on what the wine demands. There are no recipes. Every decision is taken from the vineyard, not from the market. Bottling is done without fining or filtering, allowing the expression to be as direct as possible. The result: wines that are neither easy nor complacent, but tell a precise story of landscape and time.
A quiet but powerful influence
In recent years, Marañones has quietly influenced a whole generation of young winemakers who have come to understand that you don't have to travel to Burgundy to find depth, that finesse also exists under the Iberian sun, if you know how to look for it. And that elegance is not incompatible with character.
Bodega Marañones does not seek to stand out, but to remain. In a world that spins too fast, its wines are an invitation to pause, to detail and to take root. To drink with attention and memory. Because when wine is honest, it needs no embellishment. Only truth.
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Buy Wine from Bodegas Marañones
Old vines, poor soils and a lot of personality
The geography in which they work is as beautiful as it is difficult. The vineyards extend between 650 and 850 metres above sea level, on old terraces or on slopes that still preserve the stone walls built by past generations. The soils are poor and sandy, with granitic decomposition, quartz veins and natural drainage that forces the vines to sink their roots in search of water and nutrients. This naturally reduces yields and concentrates the essence of each grape variety, which is divided up to the millimetre. Here, every square metre changes the character of the wine.
Harsh climate, tense wines
The climate is dry, extreme. Marked continentality with Mediterranean influence, very hot summers with cool nights and treacherous springs where frosts can wipe out an entire cycle. All this imprints a seal of tension and freshness on the wines, which find in Altura and the north orientation a natural defence against excess. The vineyard, most of which is old - with goblet-trained vines over 70 years old - is planted on historic terraces, many of which are difficult to access and manage. Nothing in Marañones is simple. And perhaps that is why everything makes sense.
A project with a soul of its own
The project was born in 2008 with Fernando García as winemaker and central figure, after a career marked by his participation in Comando G, a key group in the revolution of the Garnacha de Gredos. However, Marañones is not a clone or a satellite: it is a project with its own voice. Here the obsession is not to make "signature" wines, but wines of place, where the important thing is not the ego of the winemaker, but the precision with which a plot, a vintage, an altitude are transmitted.
Garnacha with nerve
Red Garnacha is undoubtedly the star variety, although not the only one. At Marañones it is vinified with a light hand, without over-extraction, without aggressive toasting, allowing the wine to breathe on its own. Ethereal Garnachas, with crunchy red fruit, wild flower aromas, tense tannins and a mineral background reminiscent of granite dust heated by the sun. But there is not just one Garnacha: there are dozens. Each plot (such as Peña Caballera or El Plano) is worked and vinified separately, seeking to capture its particular structure, altitude and orientation.
Albillo Real, the surprising white
The other great grape of the house is the Albillo Real, a native white variety, often underestimated, which here becomes a true oenological rarity. Albillos with texture, not perfume. Wines with mouthfeel, with volume and without fat; with notes of green apple, almond, dried flowers and that saline finish that only granite knows how to give. The most recognisable reference is Pies Descalzos, a white vinified with surgical precision and aged in large volumes of used wood that respects the fruit and exalts the verticality.
Doing less, but better
The winery processes follow a logic of minimal intervention, but without dogmatism. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, ageing in foudres, used barrels or concrete tanks, depending on what the wine demands. There are no recipes. Every decision is taken from the vineyard, not from the market. Bottling is done without fining or filtering, allowing the expression to be as direct as possible. The result: wines that are neither easy nor complacent, but tell a precise story of landscape and time.
A quiet but powerful influence
In recent years, Marañones has quietly influenced a whole generation of young winemakers who have come to understand that you don't have to travel to Burgundy to find depth, that finesse also exists under the Iberian sun, if you know how to look for it. And that elegance is not incompatible with character.
Bodega Marañones does not seek to stand out, but to remain. In a world that spins too fast, its wines are an invitation to pause, to detail and to take root. To drink with attention and memory. Because when wine is honest, it needs no embellishment. Only truth.