Latido de Sara - 'La Furgoneta' Orange, Viñedos de la Ribera del Órbigo, Castilla y León, Spain (2023)

TASTING NOTES

Bright copper/gold colour, with orange hues. Complex aromas and flavours of quince paste, baked apple and pear compote, with slight nutty/oxidative notes. Medium-bodied, bright acidity, with present tannins due to the contact with the skins. Lingering and pleasant finish.

Only 298 bottles were produced, and 30 came to Canada.

A Furgoneta is a van, and Sara and León found one abandoned on the family vineyards they were restoring.  The name of the wine literally means "the van overlooking the River Órbigo", a river of some significance in the area of the vineyards. 

Hand-harvested in small boxes from vines grown in two of the oldest plots - Santibañez de Valeiglesias and Estebanaz de la Calzada, planted between 1890 and 1915 - at an altitude of 820-920 metres, with predominantly sandy loam soil. The climate is very dry from Spring to Autumn.

Grapes are co-fermented with their skins in a 350L amphorae, at low temperature, for 30 days. The wine is then aged for six months in previously used French oak barrels. 12.5% alc./vol..

In respect to the environment, no pesticides or chemical fertilizers are used. Some Biodynamic agricultural bases are used. 

These wines are a dream fulfilled for Sara Martinez-Lagos and Leon Florez, who combined have more than 26 years experience in the wine trade. They chose the name Latido de Sara - “Sara’s Heartbeat - in honour of Sara’s father who passed away a few years ago, and who always encouraged her to follow her own path, and to make her own wine. 

La Furgoneta is a special project between Sara, León and Carlos Fernández (Bodegas Tierra and Exeo), based on the recovery of old vineyards planted between 1915 and 1945 near the River Órbigo, in the Province of Leon. It took more than four years to recover the plots which had been abandoned for many years.