Torres Sangro de Toro, DO Cataluyna

Description

Torres Sangro de Toro is a red wine made in Cataluyna by Miguel Torres.

Familia Torres Wines has been making wine in the ancient Catalán town of Vilafranca del Penedès, southwest of Barcelona, since the 17th Century. It is this tradition combined with innovation, dynamism and commitment to quality that has put Torres firmly on the world map. They remain one of the largest family-owned and run wine companies in the world (there is also Miguel Torres Chile and Marimar Torres in California) and, under the stewardship of fourth-generation Miguel Torres they are committed to sustainable viticulture and green practices. Today Torres not only have vineyards in their home region of Penedes, but all over Spain in regions such as Priorat, Rioja and Rueda. In 2006 Torres was awarded European Winery of the Year in Wine Enthusiast’s Annual Wine Star Awards. The Torres family is also one of the founding members of Primum Familiae Vini.

In the year 1954 Miguel Torres was already seeking out the most prized red grapes of the Cataluyna region, Garnacha and Cariñena, to create a different wine that would express the authentic character of the land. This led to the birth of “Sangre de Toro”, whose name is inspired by Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, known in ancient times as “Son of the Bull”.

See also Sangre de Toro Reserva.