Swing 2022 | Orly Lumbreras | Cebreros

Name: Swing 2022 | Orly Lumbreras | Cebreros
Brand: Orly Lumbreras
SKU: 533
Price: 12.4 EUR
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Orly Lumbreras, DOP Cebreros (El Diezgal, Ávila). Vines replanted 7 years ago in sandy soils. 100% Albillo Real.

Skin maceration 48 hours. Fermentation in stainless steel with oxygen exchange. 4 months of static contact on fine lees.

Wine Identification
Swing is an orange (skin-contact) wine produced by Orly Lumbreras, vinified from 100% Albillo Real grapes. The vintage for this bottle is 2022. It falls under the Cebreros Denomination of Origin (DOP), located in the province of Ávila within the Castilla y León region of Spain.

Origin and Winemaking
The fruit originates from a specific site known as El Diezgal. The vineyard consists of vines that were replanted seven years prior to harvest, situated on sandy soils. Orly Lumbreras employs distinct vinification techniques for this wine, classifying it as an "Orange" wine due to its skin contact methods.

The winemaking process begins with a 48-hour maceration on the skins. Following this, fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, utilizing an oxygen exchange system during the process. After fermentation, the wine undergoes static contact with fine lees for four months before bottling. This extended lees contact contributes to the wine's structure and texture.

Tasting Profile
As an Albillo Real from Cebreros subjected to skin maceration and lees aging, Swing presents as a textural, complex wine. The sandy soils of the El Diezgal plot likely impart freshness and mineral nuances, while the four-month contact with fine lees adds body and aromatic depth. The use of oxygen exchange during fermentation suggests a modern approach aimed at preserving fruit character while developing complexity through skin contact. The result is a wine that bridges traditional Spanish white varieties with contemporary natural winemaking techniques.

Overall Character
Swing represents a modern interpretation of the Albillo Real grape, leveraging young vines and specific terroir to create a structured skin-contact wine. It stands as a distinct offering from Orly Lumbreras, highlighting the potential of Cebreros’ sandy soils when paired with extended lees aging and careful maceration techniques.

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Learn more about Orly Lumbreras

Orly Lumbreras spent years as a sound engineer at Radio Nacional de España and presenter of the show Placeres Mundanos on Radio 3 before wine changed his course. He studied viticulture and oenology at the Escuela de la Vid in Madrid, and in 2012, guided by his friend and mentor Alfredo Maestro, he discovered the old Garnacha vines of the Alto Alberche valley in the Sierra de Gredos. That year he made his first 624 bottles — the cuvée Punto G — from a single plot in Navarredondilla (Ávila) at 1,100 metres altitude. He formalised his project in Navalmoral de la Sierra in 2013, and has since balanced his own label with RuBor Viticultores, a partnership with local grower Rubén Díaz in Cebreros, and Adega Sernande, a Ribeira Sacra project he co-founded in 2018.

His vines grow on decomposed granite sand between 1,000 and 1,100 metres, dry-farmed without synthetic inputs. Orly's philosophy is that of the adopted vineyard: he rescues plots on the verge of abandonment — some over 80 years old — and brings them into his project without necessarily purchasing them. Garnacha is the main variety; he also works Albillo Real in Cebreros and, through RuBor, Chasselas Doré for a skin-contact wine. Biodynamic practices since 2015, hand-harvested and bush-vine trained.

In the cellar, Orly intervenes as little as possible: spontaneous fermentations in open vessels, foot-treading, extended macerations with 25–30% whole clusters, and ageing split across old barrels, concrete vats, clay tinajas and chestnut foudres. Sulphites are minimal or absent. Los Besos Que Te Robé is the Garnacha from vines over 80 years old; Punto G is his founding plot in Navarredondilla; MilaGritos blends three parcels of old-vine Garnacha on sandy soils; Sade is an Albillo Real from Cebreros. The musical sensibility of Orly — a radio man before anything else — runs through every name and every label.

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