The Special Wines of Bodegas Vicente Malumbres are Vinos de Finca that is Wines from a single vineyard, the best expression of our vineyards and with a local character because they are made form local varieties exclusively. The decision of making these Special Wines was taken after proofs during years during which we learnt the potential of our vineyards and of the Wines. It is Wines produced in small quantities. Bodegas Vicente Malumbres require that all their Wines are on a certain level of quality and below that label Wines are not released. It is the same requirement of quality to the Wines of the Classic Range and to the Special Range.The concept behind each of the Special Wines are detailed as follows.
Malumbres Criado en Roble:
A Wine from only local varieties, mainly Garnacha, which remains in the barrel maximum 6 months. First vintage of Tinto Criado en Roble in Bodegas Vicente Malumbres was 2001. The decision of making this Wine, which is in the middle point between Tinto Joven (a Wine with no time in barrel) and the Crianza (12 months in barrel) was the increasing demand for a Wine with very good and dominating fruit with a light touch of oak.
Malumbres Garnacha Crianza:
Garnacha is a very important variety for Bodegas Vicente Malumbres because permits obtaining a distinctive Wine and because it represents about 50% our production. The yields of our vineyards of Garnacha are very low and our Garnacha grapes reunites all conditions for a perfect ageing in the barrel. For it we decided making a Crianza 100% Garnacha. In a vertical tasting of our Garnacha Crianzas in April 2005, our first vintages,1995 and 1996, showed to be fresh and fruity.
Malumbres Graciano:
Graciano is a variety which represents less than 0.5% total surface of vineyards in Navarra. Our experience during the nineties with Graciano as a variety to complement our other grapes was very positive for which we went ahead and in 1996 we made Malumbres Graciano y Cabernet Sauvignon Crianza 1996, 50% each variety, and the next step was Crianza 100 % Graciano in the vintages of 2000 and 2001. We are very satisfied with our Graciano Wines and in a vertical tasting in April 2005 we found the Graciano and Cabernet 1996 to remain powerful, fresh and fruity and exactly the same as the Crianzas of 2000 and 2001.
Malumbres Primeros Viñedos:
Primeros Viñedos is made from grapes from all our oldest vineyards planted from 1940 to 1960. It is very small vineyards, Ontinar, Güio, Balbine, Canteruelas from 0.4 to 1.2 hectares with productions between 10 and 12 hectolitres per hectare. All of them are Garnacha. The first vintage of Primeros Viñedos was the blend 1998 and 1999. The foundation for Primeros Viñedos was the excellent vintages of Malumbres Garnacha Crianza of the years 1995, 1996 and 1998. The high level of quality of these three Wines and their fantastic evolution motivated us to make an even bigger selection of grapes and looking for a Wine of higher quality. The result was Malumbres Primeros Viñedos. Primeros Viñedos means First Vineyards and the term first is taken in a double sense: first as the oldest and first as highest quality. For Primeros Viñedos we take the same principles of work as for all our other Wines: big care in all the phases of the winemaking but quality and concentration of grapes is higher than for the other Wines.
