Kimera 2024 | LMT Wines | Navarra

Name: Kimera 2024 | LMT Wines | Navarra
Brand: LMT Wines
SKU: 900
Price: 14.5 EUR
Availability: InStock

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From vineyards located in the town of San Martín de Unx, Baja Montaña subzone, located at 600 meters above sea level. Calcareous clay soils. 100% Garnacha.

Aging on lees for 12 months in a 4,000-litre clay jar. Production of 5,000 bottles.

Wine Identification
Kimera is a red wine from the 2024 vintage, produced by LMT Wines in Navarra, Spain. The appellation is strictly defined as Navarra, with specific sourcing from the Baja Montaña sub-zone.

Origin and Terroir
The grapes are sourced from vineyards located in the village of San Martín de Unx. These vines grow at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level. The soil composition is described as clay-limestone (arcillo-calcáreo), which contributes to the structural integrity of the fruit. The wine is made exclusively from Garnacha, representing 100% of the blend. Production is limited, with only 5,000 bottles released for this vintage.

Winemaking and Maturation
The winemaking process emphasizes natural texture and complexity through extended lees contact. After fermentation, the wine undergoes aging for 12 months on its lees. This maturation takes place in large 4,000-liter clay jars (tinaja de barro), a traditional vessel type that allows for minimal oxygen exchange while preserving the fruit’s integrity and adding subtle textural depth without overt oak influence.

Tasting Profile
As a red wine crafted from 100% Garnacha, Kimera is expected to reflect the characteristics of high-altitude vines in clay-limestone soils. The extended lees aging in large earthenware jars suggests a wine with significant body, texture, and aromatic complexity. One can anticipate notes typical of ripe Garnacha, likely featuring red fruits, earthy undertones, and a savory edge derived from the skin contact and lees interaction. The lack of new oak implies a focus on primary fruit purity and minerality rather than toasted vanilla or spice notes.

Overall Character
Kimera 2024 presents as a serious, terroir-driven expression of Navarra’s Garnacha. By utilizing traditional clay jars and extended lees aging, LMT Wines aims to produce a wine with both freshness and structure. The high altitude and specific soil type further suggest a balance between power and elegance, making it a distinctive example of modern Spanish winemaking rooted in tradition.

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LMT Wines is the personal project of Luis Moya Tortosa, an agricultural engineer and oenologist from Burlada, near Pamplona. After working at the Santo Cristo del Amparo cooperative in Aibar, completing a master's degree in oenology in Madrid and touring bodegas across Navarra and La Rioja as a sales representative for barrel-maker Radoux, Moya launched LMT Wines in 2012 with a nomadic philosophy: no winery of his own, working with third-party cellars so he could focus entirely on the vineyard and the grape. In 2021 he finally acquired his first bodega in Zizur Menor, on the outskirts of Pamplona.

Kimera is a collaboration between Luis Moya and Gonzalo Celayeta, another benchmark Navarran winemaker with deep roots in San Martín de Unx, a village in the Baja Montaña subzone where Celayeta directs the local cooperative and knows its best vineyards intimately. Together they selected old-vine Garnacha parcels aged between 35 and 65 years, bush-trained and dry-farmed on clay-limestone soils at around 300 metres altitude, with yields of just 20 hl/ha. For the Kimera Ancestral Blanco they work with white Garnacha over 50 years old from the same village.

Kimera red ferments spontaneously in stainless steel and ages for ten months in clay tinajas from La Mancha, ranging from 3,000 to 4,500 litres, chosen for their thick walls and polished interiors — vessels that provide slow, gentle micro-oxygenation with no oak influence whatsoever. The Kimera Ancestral Blanco is a pétillant naturel made by the ancestral method: bottled with residual sugar to complete fermentation in bottle, then left on the lees for ten to eleven months before disgorgement. The project takes its name from the mythological Chimera — a nod both to its hybrid, collaborative ambition and to the near-impossible quest Moya and Celayeta faced in tracking down the perfect tinajas. The 2020 Kimera red scored 90 points from Luis Gutiérrez at The Wine Advocate.

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