Tritón 2017 | Jorge Ordóñez | Toro

Name: Tritón 2017 | Jorge Ordóñez | Toro
Brand: Jorge Ordóñez
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Tritón 2017 | Jorge Ordóñez | Toro

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Jorge Ordóñez Selección, DO Toro. From several bush-vine plots in Morales de Toro, Toro and other villages of the appellation (Zamora). Manual and organic cultivation. Very sandy soils of alluvial origin with a narrow layer of red clay in the subsoil, at 2-3 metres depth. 100% Tinta de Toro.

Fermentation in open fermenters. Malolactic fermentation in French oak barrels from Burgundy and Bordeaux. Aged 12 months in used barrels. Bottled without filtering or clarification.

Wine Identification
Tritón is a red wine produced by Jorge Ordóñez from the 2017 vintage. It holds the Denominación de Origen (DO) Toro status within the Castilla y León region of Spain.

Origin and Winemaking
The vineyards are located in Morales de Toro, Toro and other villages of the denomination, in the province of Zamora. The grapes are sourced from bush-trained vines cultivated through manual and organic farming methods. The soil is characterized by very sandy, alluvial origins with a layer of red clay situated at a depth of 2 to 3 meters beneath the surface.

The wine is made from 100% Tempranillo (locally known as Tinta de Toro). Fermentation takes place in open fermenters. Following primary fermentation, malolactic conversion occurs in French oak barrels from Burgundy and Bordeaux. The final maturation period lasts for 12 months in used barrels. Before bottling, the wine undergoes no filtration or clarification processes.

Tasting Profile
Visually, Tritón presents an intense cherry color. On the nose, it offers aromas of ripe fruit, dried herbs, creamy oak, and black fruit. The palate is powerful, featuring ripe fruit flavors, spicy notes, and mature tannins. It delivers a rich experience with soft berries and an open-knit structure, finishing with significant length and ripeness.

Critical Reception
The wine has received recognition from major guides:
Guía Peñín: Awarded 93 points, noting the intense cherry color, aroma of ripe fruit, dried herbs, and creamy oak, along with a powerful mouthfeel and mature tannins.
James Suckling: Awarded 91 points, describing an array of ripe dark-berry and raspberry aromas with biscuity nuances and boysenberries. He highlights the sleek, essence-like feel of the palate, its richness, and very long finish.

Overall Character
Tritón is a robust, organically grown expression of Toro’s sandy soils. It combines traditional winemaking techniques with bottling without fining or filtration, resulting in a wine defined by its intense fruit character, spicy complexity, and well-integrated structure.

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PEÑÍN: 93

COLOR: cereza intenso

AROMA: fruta madura, hierbas secas, roble cremoso, fruta negra

BOCA: potente, fruta madura, especiado, taninos maduros

James Suckling: 91

An array of ripe dark-berry and raspberry aromas with biscuity nuances, as well as boysenberries. The palate has a sleek, essence-like feel. Such richness. Open-knit with soft berries. Very long and very ripe. Drink or hold.

Learn more about Jorge Ordóñez

Jorge Ordóñez founded Fine Estates from Spain in 1987, in the United States, and was the first American importer to keep and ship Spanish wine under refrigeration.

In 2004 he set up Bodegas Jorge Ordóñez Málaga in partnership with the Kracher family, from Austria, with the idea of reviving a winemaking tradition that phylloxera had destroyed in the nineteenth century. The wines were created by Alois Kracher from Muscat of Alexandria off old vines on slate and white quartz. In Málaga that grape has been grown for more than two thousand years.

His sister Victoria Ordóñez, a doctor of medicine who had previously run a biomedical research institute, joined the project while Alois Kracher, who died in 2007, was still alive; it was he who insisted on bringing her in and teaching her everything, from harvesting and grape selection to barrel ageing. In 2015 she parted company with her brother.

The Málaga wines come from the Lagar del Fraile vineyard, in Vélez-Málaga, in the Axarquía: slopes of up to 70% with no terracing, bush vines, organic and entirely hand-worked. They are late-harvested, and it takes 3.75 kilos of fruit for each 375-millilitre bottle.

He also has a project in Toro, Jorge Ordóñez Selección, which produces Tritón: forty hectares of bush vines in Morales and Toro, on very sandy alluvial soils with a layer of red clay two or three metres down.

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