Breca El Nacido

D.O. Calatayud

Over 150 small vineyard sites surrounding the town of Munébrega. All vineyards are within the limits of D.O. Calatayud.

100% Garnacha de Aragón, the oldest clone of Garnacha in the world. Garnacha was first cultivated in this northeastern corner of Spain and spread across the Mediterranean by the medieval Kingdom of Aragón.

Multiple old mountain vineyards planted in low density without terracing.

1925-1990

Traditional dry farmed viticulture. Practicing organic gobelet trained vines. In challenging years, the winery sprays with copper sulfate once per growing season.

Soils from the Miocene rich in iron, and as they move from highest to lowest altitude, they include red slate, gravel, and limestone & clay loam respectively. There is also an important component of sand.

Continental Mediterranean climate with cold winters, hot summers and drastic temperature fluctuations between day and night that can reach 60˚F. Vines self-regulate production levels based on hydric stress levels.

Hand harvested and stored in small baskets. The bunches are destemmed and the whole berries are transferred to stainless steel tank and 5,000L stainless steel and polymer vats. Fermentation is started with a pied de cuve and maceration lasts for no longer than eight days. The wine is pressed sweet in a vertical basket & pneumatic press over the course of eight hours. Primary fermentation completes and malolactic fermentation begins spontaneously in stainless steel (70%) and 500L & 600L puncheons and demi-muids that date back to 2010.

Eight months in concrete (70%) and 500L & 600L puncheons and demi muids (30%)

An authentic wine produced from the original Garnacha, which was first cultivated in Aragón in the 7th Century, and spread around Europe by the Medieval Kingdom of Aragón. Calatayud produces a unique expression of Garnacha due to its geographic and climactic conditions. As Spain's highest altitude region for the production of Garnacha, the temperature swings are radical - up to 60°F in the summer. This produces wines with deep color and character, as well as lively acidity. Breca El Nacido is Bodegas Breca's freshest and most fluid interpretation of the old mountain vineyards of Calatayud.