2021 Finca Museum ‘La Renacida’ Cigales
£24.00
From a recuperated field-blend vineyard planted in 1927. Tempranillo is the dominant variety of many.
“Transparent garnet. Sweet, rich, fresh, highly perfumed nose – almost more like Garnacha than Tempranillo. Racy, floral and beautifully balanced on the palate. If anything, this is more delicate than the 2019. Very, very fine tannins underneath.”
17.5/20 Jancis Robinson MW
“Bright and fruity with a seductively smooth palate, this is majority Tempranillo with quite a lot of Albillo, Garnacha and other varieties, co-planted as is the tradition in Cigales. Bursting with red cherries and floral aromas, this is a more delicate, elegant interpretation of the region.”
93 Points, Beth Willard, Decanter
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Product Description
Finca Museum are based in Cigales, a small Castilla y León DO east of Valladolid. As the name suggests, the winery is also a museum, boasting sculptures and paintings dating back to the 17th century. Although Cigales was once famed for its dry rosados (or ‘Clarete’), a result of co-fermenting field blends of red and white varieties, it is the Tinta del País, a thicker-skinned Tempranillo, that excels today.
The extreme continental climate of Cigales (with temperatures ranging from 40°C in the summer to -10°C in the winter), and its soils poor in organic matter, result in low yields of intensely concentrated fruit. The soils are so poor that other crops such as cereal cannot grow. It is primarily for this reason that the vines, many now over 50 years old, have survived in Cigales. These low-yielding, high-elevation bush vines, planted up to 800 metres above sea level, produce very thick-skinned grapes, resulting in wines of intense colour and flavour.
Finca Museum owns close to 200 hectares of vineyards, with a further 100 hectares of old bush vines (over 50 years old) bought from growers on long-term contracts. All their vineyards are hand-harvested, with great care taken in selecting the grapes before crushing. In 2023, Finca Museum was certified by Sustainable Wineries for Climate Protection (SWfCP), the first and only certification specifically designed for the wine sector regarding environmental sustainability.
The ‘La Renacida’ is a field blend sourced from a three-hectare vineyard, in the Sallana area of Cigales in 1927. Plantings include Tempranillo, Garnacha, Garnacha Tintorera, Garnacha Gris, Bobal and Mencía, alongside Albillo Mayor, Verdejo and Garnacha Blanca. Finca Museum acquired this abandoned plot in 2015 and have worked hard to bring the vineyard back to life, renaming it ‘La Renacida’, meaning ‘reborn’. The vineyard is managed sustainably, with the red and white grape varieties co-fermented before ageing in French oak foudres for 12 months.
Additional Information
| ABV | 13.5% |
|---|---|
| Bottle Size | Bottle 75cl |
| Colour | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Critic Score | 93/100 |
| Drink until | 2032 |
| Style | Still |
| Sweetness | Dry |
| Vintage | 2021 |
