Bodegas Torres
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Founded in 1870 by Jaime Torres, Bodegas Torres (Miguel Torres SA) is a historical wine growing company located in Pacs, some 4 km (2.5 miles) from Vilafranca del Penedès, where the company has its head office. Torres is the family winery with the most extensive vineyards in the Denomination of Origin (DO) of Penedès[1] and the largest winery in Spain.[2]
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Bodegas Torres (Miguel Torres SA) | |
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Location | Spain, Chile, USA, Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, Spain |
Appellation | Penedès, Conca de Barberà, Jumilla, Priorat, Ribera del Duero, Rioja, Toro |
Other labels | Torres 5, Torres 10, Atrium, Coronas, De Casta, Sangre de Toro, Viña Esmeralda, Viña Sol |
Founded | 1870 (1870) |
Key people | Miguel A. Torres (President and managing director) |
Distribution | Over 140 countries |
Website | www.torres.es |
They also run the Miguel Torres Chile winery in the Chilean Central Valley, and in the United States (California) where in 1986 Marimar Torres founded Marimar Estate. In Spain outside of the Torres family's native Penedès region, they own vineyards in DO Conca de Barberà,[3] DO Toro, DO Jumilla, DO Ribera del Duero, DOQ Priorat and most recently in DOC Rioja - in the last three areas with new wineries or wineries under construction. Likewise, Torres is also Spain's largest producer of DO wines under its own label, exporting to more than 140 countries.
Under the Torres brand name they trade wine and brandy under on a range of different labels. Some of these are Viña Sol, Sangre de Toro, De Casta, Coronas, Atrium and Viña Esmeralda, with their best known brandies being Torres 5 and Torres 10. Many Torres wines are produced from international rather than traditional Spanish grape varieties and are varietally labelled. The company exports wines to over 140 countries.[citation needed] Torres made two significant contributions to the development of enology in Spain: firstly, the use of fermentation at controlled temperatures, and secondly, the maturing of the wine in small oak barrels during a scrupulously defined time, as has been a habitual practice in Bordeaux.[citation needed]
Torres is managed by the fourth generation of the Torres family; Miguel A. Torres is the company’s current President and Managing Director. The Torres family are founding members of the Primum Familiae Vini.[4]