Bàrbara Forés El Templari

Bàrbara Forés El Templari is a red wine produced by the Bàrbara Forés winery in Gandesa (Tarragona), D.O. Terra Alta.

Bàrbara Forés is a family-run winery that dates back to the late 19th century, when Rafael Ferrer Forés started to make wine. The winery is now run by Carmen Ferrer and her husband, Manuel Sanmartín. In 2014, their daughter Pili Sanmartín Ferrer came on board at the winery, bringing a new perspective. 
 

Bàrbara Forés has 22 hectares of vineyard. This allows them to combine altitude and orientation, pains and hills, shade and sun. They cultivate using natural products and organic manure, and achieve a unique grape that is perfectly suited to the requirements and characteristics of the different estates.

The Bàrbara Forés El Templari wine is made with Morenillo from a single estate that has partly sandy soil but mostly a loamy texture. When the grapes have been manually harvested, they ferment in contact with the skins. Maceration lasts 21 days. After pressing, fermentation continues in stainless steel tanks, at a controlled temperature. The wine is then aged for 9 months in clay amphoras.