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Wine Description
The Story
Mas La Plana is a 29-hectare vineyard located in the heart of Penedès. The Cabernet Sauvignon vines were planted by Miguel A. Torres back in 1966. The vineyard has very deep, dark and yellowish brown soils. The topsoil is rich in sand and stones while the subsoil is gravel.
In the Paris Wine Olympiad, the 1970 vintage triumphed over some of the most famouswines in the world, including Chateau Latour. This success has been repeated on severa...
Wine Information
Mas La Plana – Torres
The first harvest from Mas La Plana, as we know it today, was carried out in 1970. The first plots had been planted a few years before, from 1966 onwards. In 1970, when deciding on the final coupage, the great quality of the Cabernet Sauvignon crop in comparison to traditional types such as Tempranillo and Granacha, led the estate to include a large proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon in the coupage. During its subseque...
