Chile has a wealth of old vines, and most of them are cared for by small growers. If we don’t value those growers, we run a very high risk of losing these old vines. Caring for old vines is backbreaking work, and often for very little acknowledgement. Those concerns are what is behind the ethos of Miguel Torres new range of sustainable wines, Titanes del Vino, as winemaker Eduardo Jordan explains in this interview.
Celebrating the growers, or wine titans and heroes, is what this line is all about. The first wine to be launched is Tenaz. Tenaz is a wine made from old vines of Cinsault from the vineyard of Jose Miguel Castillo, a grower in Itata. Jose Miguel is pictured on the label and celebrated for his tenacity in caring for these old vines.
The wines are not only a celebration of the growers and their exceptional old vines, but they are economically sustainable as each grower is paid a fair price (Torres is also certified Fairtrade) as well as a commission on each bottle of wine sold.
The wine is also delicious… fresh and crunchy with notes of wild herbs, spices and black forest fruit.
The story behind Miguel Torres’ Titanes del Vino line with winemaker Eduardo Jordan