The Torres Family, leaders in the Catalan wine world, presents Pirene 2020, its new ancestral wine. This is the new project for the recovery of wine varieties from Penedès, focused on bring back the tradition and fight against climate change. We analyze all the details of this new product.
The new ancestral wine of Familia Torres
To begin with, it must be said that the ancestral wine It is a sparkling broth with a single fermentation and a short life. The Torres Family has presented its fourth project of this type of drink. This is the Pirene 2020, with very limited production and focused on haute cuisine. This broth has been made entirely with red grapes Pyrenees. This variety is one of many unknown types of grapes until very recently. The company grows it on its farm in Sant Miquel de Tremp.
Pirene 2020 is a very fresh, elegant wine with a powerful aromatic intensity. In the first commercial vintage of this ancestral wine in Spain, only 1.241 bottles have been marketed. Later it will be exported to countries such as Belgium, Canada or the United States.
A company between tradition and modernity
Symbol of the wine tradition of the Penedès region, the Torres Family founded its winery in 1870. This family business has passed down the passion for wine and love for the land generation after generation. All this without forgetting respect for tradition and its commitment to innovation. The current managers seek to market their products looking for formulas that respect the climate emergency.
Familia Torres is a member of the Primum Familiae Vini, an association that brings together different family businesses from the world of wine. She is also part, as a founding member, of the International Wineries for Climate. And it is that this company has promoted the decarbonisation of the sector, turning vineyards into carbon sinks.
Since the eighties, the Catalan wine company has located more than fifty lost varieties. To achieve this, he has dedicated enormous resources, both financial and personal. This is how he was born and developed his marketing project for his ancestral wine. A project that seeks to combine the old and the new. Now that you know, do you dare to try this wine?
