$18.99 at Crush Wine & Spirits in Bryant, Arkansas (AR)
91 points – Wine Advocate
100% Garnacha from vines planted between 1925 and 1968. Aged in new to 3-year old French oak casks for 21 months. Blackcurrant, black cherry, and cassis fruit with notes of spice, toast, chocolate, and earth. Firm acidity and tannins. Long finish.
Jorge Ordoñez found Bodega Breca in 2005 near the small village of Munebrega in Aragón in northeast Spain. The winery has 654 acres of old-vine Garnacha vineyards on hillside. Garnacha de Aragón, the clone used to produce the wines of Breca, is the most ancient and genetically untouched clone of Garnacha (Grenache) in the world. This grape was originally planted in the Kingdom of Aragón during the Middle Ages. It was transplanted across the Mediterranean by the Aragonese, who had holdings in southern France (where it became known as Grenache) and Italy (where it is known as Cannonau).
Ordoñez introduced Garnacha into the United States in the 1990s when most of the Spanish red wines available in the American market were most Tempranillo.