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Bodegas Vatan Tinta de Toro is a Spanish red wine produced from 100% Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo) from the DO Toro in the province of Zamora, in the northwest of Castile and Léon. It is one of three red wines made from Tinta do Toro at this bodega.
Bodegas Vatan is part of Grupo Jorge Ordóñez, a collection of five wine estates located in six of Spain’s oldest Denominaciones de Origen. The first winery in the group, Jorge Ordóñez Málaga, was founded by Jorge Ordóñez in 2004. Today, Bodegas La Caña in Rías Baixas, Bodegas Vatan in Toro & Rueda, Bodegas Breca in Calatayud, and Bodegas Avancia in Valdeorras.
Jorge Ordóñez was born in Malaga and ran his family’s wine wholesale business. In 1987, Ordóñez set up as a specialist Spanish wine importer and pioneer responsible for promoting and increasing the sales of premium Spanish wine into USA and Puerto Rico. Today, the importing business is increasingly led by his children, Mónica and Víctor Ordóñez, while Jorge continues to oversee production.
The wine region of Toro has records of winemaking going back to the 1st Century BC when ancient Greeks taught the local Celtic tribes winemaking. In the 19th century, Toro’s sandy soils resisted phylloxera entirely, preserving a high concentration of ungrafted, pre-phylloxera vines and Toro Tempranillo vines were also sent to many other areas of Spain to replace their affected vines.
DO Toro was established in 1987 and had fallen out of favour until it was revitalised in the 1990s by a new wave of producers, including Bodega Numanthia-Termes, which was founded by Jorge Ordóñez and the Eguren family. The DO is known for producing big, bold, powerful red wines from the local clone of Tempranillo known as Tinta de Toro, often described as a “bull” (toro means bull in Spanish) for their robust, full-bodied character.
Bodegas Vatan is located in Villaester de Abajo, in the province of Zamora, D.O. Toro. The vineyards are located in Finca Los Quemaos and were planted in 1900 on ungrafted (original) rootstock. The estate practices traditional dry-farmed viticulture with organic gobelet (vaso) trained vines, cultivated completely by hand. The vineyards are planted on sandy loam soils of sedimentary origin, dating back to the end of the Cretaceous period, making them the oldest in the Spanish Duero River valley. Approximately two to three meters below the surface lies a distinctive 10-inch-thick layer of red clay.
Appearance: Deep inky purple with a youthful, intense hue.
Nose: Intense and aromatic, with ripe black fruits like blackberry, cassis, blueberry and plum, alongside red fruits such as raspberry and sour cherry. Floral hints of violets and lavender mingle with spices including black pepper and cardamom, plus liquorice, herbs, and subtle oak notes of vanilla, cedar, sandalwood, chocolate and graphite.
Palate: Full-bodied, rich and concentrated, offering juicy dark fruits—blackberry, black cherry, plum and cassis—balanced by savoury spices, liquorice, tobacco and dark chocolate. Recent vintages show a creamy, velvety texture with firm yet finely powdered tannins.
Finish: Long and nuanced, with warmth, peppery notes and lingering fruit-oak integration.
Toro’s bold, full-bodied reds pair perfectly with hearty dishes like roast or grilled lamb, suckling pig, and red meats. They also shine with game, cured meats such as chorizo and Jamón Ibérico, aged hard cheeses like Manchego, and tomato-based stews or casseroles.
2018 Vintage
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