It all started in "Los Arenales"

All good stories have humble beginnings. In the case of Veinte·Veinte , it all started with two hectares of vacant land on a hill.

The Los Arenales estate has had vineyards for centuries. However, for decades they had languished under the inclement sun of Castilla. One day in 1996, everything changed.
In the nineties, our family acquired some sandy land full of old vines at the foot of a humble pine forest, in the heart of the Ribera del Duero. The idea: to turn those two hectares into our own vineyard and, one day, make our own wine professionally.
It is not that we are new to viticulture. For generations, our ancestors had made wine from small family plots on the outskirts of Gumiel. Strong vineyards, ancient vines that, after several generations, produce an excellent Tempranillo grape.
By buying these lands in Los Arenales, the family wanted to imagine a future: one day, they would make their own wine and they could proudly say that a future would be born from these wastelands that is present today:

Veinte·Veinte

A familiar wine

In 1996, the first vines of the Tempranillo variety were planted. It took seven long years before the plants began to give acceptable production. Waiting is a constant in the world of wine: as the locals know, growing vines in the Ribera is a more arduous task than it seems.
These are lands of freezing winters, hot and dry summers and rain that is rather difficult to see. Between frost, hail and drought, little by little our vines thickened, the leaves sprouted and the first shoots peeking out from among the vines.
For seventeen long years, the slightly more than two hectares of Los Arenales were dedicated to one of the many farmers' cooperatives that populate the area. The harvest is done manually, among family members and friends who want to participate.

During a whole weekend, the Gallego Garcías would get together to harvest our vines, among songs, stories, blood sausage sandwiches and the occasional discussion. For us, the grape harvest has always been an excuse to get together, share some time in the open air and share a good table and, of course, good wine.

 

Two barrels and a dream: from the wines in Tío Domingo to Veinte·Veinte

Although the grapes went to the cooperative, the interest in making their own wine was always there. In 2005 we bought two barrels, a tank and a small stemmer, and with a small part of the harvest, we made our own wine at home. This anonymous wine, raised in an old adobe house (the one we know as Casa del Tío Domingo), was the alma mater of what it is now Veinte·Veinte. That was how, with two barrels and a dream, we set out to experiment and learn to be viticulturists.

In 2019, we decided that the time had come to fulfill our dream. So, and we decided that, the following year, we would begin to make a wine with our own brand.
That year was neither more nor less than 2020.

Veinte·Veinte : A different wine in a unique year

In October 2020 we were presented with a real challenge. We had to harvest, select and vinify thousands of kilos of grapes in the midst of a pandemic, with restrictions on movement between regions and the well-known distance of two meters.
Despite the difficulties, everything went smoothly: the harvest was good, the grapes were picked in a single day, and no one was infected (that we know of).
When the time came to decide on the name of our wine, many options were considered, but after much thought, it became clear to us: Veinte·Veinte . It was the perfect reflection of what we wanted: a wine born at a difficult time, but with unique character and personality.

A wine in the heart of the Ribera

Veinte·Veinte is a unique wine for many reasons, and one of them is its provenance.
La Ribera bathes three provinces: Connoisseurs say that the best wineries are in Valladolid, the most unique varieties in Soria…. And the best vines in the Ribera del Duero are in Burgos.
Specifically, the triangle formed by the towns of La Horra, Sotillo de la Ribera and our town, Gumiel de Izán, is known for the exceptional nature of its vineyards. In these lands, bathed by the humble and peaceful Gromejón River, there are a series of unique characteristics that allow for one of the best grapes in our country:
- A terroir as rich as it is incredibly varied, from the red clay soil at the bottom of the valley, passing through the sandy slopes and gypsum-bearing areas at the top of the páramos.
- An area with a predominance of old vines, finding some specimens prior to the phylloxera plague
- An ancestral care of the vines, where the locals have spent generations taking care of the family vines with extreme care and in small plots.

So, we want to invite you to get to know and try Veinte·Veinte . A wine with special characteristics, with personality and character, made with care and all the affection of those who do this for the love of art.