| Region of production: | Toro |
| Winery Location: | Zamora |
| Year Established: | 1998 |
Vineyard Holdings
83 ha
Top Wines Produced & Inaugural Vintages
- Termanthia: 100% Tempranillo from the ungrafted 140-year-old vines of the Teso de Los Carriles Vineyard. The wine is aged in 200% new French oak barrels and never fined nor filtered. Inaugural vintage 2000.
- Numanthia: 100% Tempranillo from 70-100 year old ungrafted vines. Aged 18 months in new French oak barrels.
Average Total Production
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Summary
In 1998, the Eguren family founded Bodega Numanthia in the Toro region, just west of Rueda. The winery takes its name from the ancient city of Numanthia, where inhabitants resisted the Roman army during the Celtiberian Wars, choosing death over surrender. The city is a well-known symbol of resistance. The winery draws a parallel to Toro’s vineyards, never affected by phylloxera and able to withstand the region’s extreme continental climate.
Numanthia’s wines reflect the typical Toro style: powerful, extracted, and robust, made with grapes from old vines. Because the region receives very little rainfall, the vines are spaced out so that they can reach the limited water. Numanthia’s three bottlings, Termes, Numanthia, and Termanthia, are made exclusively from Tempranillo. Termanthia is the flagship of the estate and of the region.
Numanthia was purchased by Moët Hennessy in 2008. They are part of Grandes Pagos de España.
Style & Vinification Techniques
Numanthia only produces wines made Tempranillo. Their fruit is hand-harvested and sorted prior to fermentation. The berries are crushed by foot and undergo extended maceration, up to 16 days for the Termanthia. The wines are then aged in French oak barrels.
Producer Website: Numanthia