The grapes for this wine come from Corella. Simple and pure expression of this variety and it's place.

Growing Conditions

Brothers Xabi, Iñaki, and Mikel Sanz created Viña Zorzal in 2007, taking advantage of their long history and tradition as a winemaking family in Correla, Navarra. Their family winery, Bodegas Correlana, had been run by their grandfather and father to great success in the region, and they became a reference point in the industry. But while the older generation had been more preoccupied with having a viable and commercial trade, the current one decided to take a holistic approach to agriculture and make artisanal wines, focusing on single-parcels and single-vineyards, and on the terroir of Fitero, this subzone of the D.O. Navarra.

Their landscape differs from the much flatter areas of Navarra where Garnacha and Tempranillo are cropped in high volumes. Their vines grow on rocky and stony soils with variegated clays (heterogeneous), and limestone and composite soils. The fact that the clay-based soils are non-homogeneous makes them much more permeable and resistant to erosion than the soils of the Ebro Basin.

They own 40 hectares, 25 of which planted with the traditional Garnacha of the land. The wild bush vines are old, many centenarian, and are farmed organically. The remaining land is planted with Graciano (which quickly made their fame), Tempranillo, and some Garnacha Blanca and Chardonnay.

Harvest

The high-acid Graciano is the last one of their grapes to be harvested, in their vineyards around the village of Corella.

Bottling

January 2023

Winemaking

Following a light maceration, the wine ferments in steel. 25% of the wine is racked into French oak for malolactic, the rest happens in steel. The wines were blended and rested for 9 months on their lees in French barrels.

Aging

Aged in French oak barrels for nine months

Nose

An expressive nose of beeswax and honey intermixed with berry fruit and lots of aromatic herbs.

Palate

A lively palate with pungent acidity in the finish.

Appearance

Ruby