El wine is part of the tradition, culture and Spanish gastronomy; in fact, there are large producers and varieties of wine with international renown. In addition, winemaking is a sector in which the offer is huge; you can find good quality products for all budgets. Of course, for the most passionate, quality and originality can be paid at the price of gold. Because, have you ever stopped to think how much the most expensive wine in the world? Its price is 25.000 euros and it is Spanish: it is produced in Cuenca, more specifically in Las Pedroñeras. Come meet him!
AurumRed, what is special about this winery?
For the bottle to be paid at that figure and to be so requested, something special must have this wine and its production. Perhaps what most attracts first-hand attention is the winery in which it is made. In Las Pedroñeras, world garlic city, Hilario Garcia He has been running a farm of just over two hectares for more than 10 years, and he alone takes care of all his vineyards. It makes different types of wine, but without a doubt the most special is the one known as 'Gold Series' and which holds the title of most expensive wine in the world. 300 bottles are produced a year, which are sold at 25.000 euros each.
AurumRed born from the passion of Hilario for the wine. However, he wanted to go one step further and create a truly unique product. After a lot of research, he decided to give the 'organic wine' concept a further twist. Among other contributions, what makes this wine different from the others is that it is about the water with which ozone is irrigated; in order to avoid parasites on the vines. If to this is added the fact that no chemicals are used of any kind and that the plants are located in a geographical area with exceptional characteristics -not chosen by chance, but the result of much research and studies-, the quality and naturalness of the result are guaranteed.
"AurumRed does not try to distinguish between others based on the same concepts but rather it's another different world to what is known so far about wines"Says the winery's website. And that, according to the data and its popularity, it has.
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The brand's wine par excellence is AurumRed Gold Series (25.000 euros), which is made with the autochthonous variety cencibel. After nine years of aging, the wine is at the optimum moment to be consumed. Of the 300 bottles that are produced annually, only half go on the market; the rest are kept in the cellar.
Aware of the potential of this creation, the owner of the winery joined the artist Alberto Rodriguez Serrano to make a work of art made bottle of wine. Limited edition, unique in the world, this bottle of 16 liters It went up for auction with an initial price of 340.000 euros.
Hilario Garcia It has, in addition to the one already mentioned, other types of wines. On one side is the AurumRed Silver Series (6.000 bottles are produced annually, with a sale price of about 1.200 euros each). And on the other the AurumRed White (an annual production of 3.000 units).
The peculiarities of the most expensive wine in the world
Perhaps one of the most curious aspects of this winery and its wine is its energy complexity. In other words, depending on whether the wine glass is turned one way or another, different touches will be perceived. When it comes to aroma, yes turns right, you will be able to appreciate "fig bread, aromas of fig, over-ripening, spicy notes, linear aroma and ripe dried fruit". If on the contrary turns to the left, it is perceived "more finesse, more subtle aromas, more aromas of cassis, toast, cocoa, small ripe fruits, blueberries".
Such is the care that the winemaker puts into his production that everything is measured to the millimeter. In fact, no one but him has contact with the vines so that the quality of the grapes is not compromised. From the treatment of the vineyards, which receive more than 100 natural contributions, until the bottle design, which has the measures used by them Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo for his creations - "readapted to the concept of elegance" -.
All that and more makes this wine the most expensive in the world, one unique and of guaranteed quality. Would you be willing to pay such an amount for the bottle you see above?
