Vina Zorzal
Brothers Xabi, Iñaki, and Mikel Sanz created Viña Zorzal in 2007, taking advantage of their long history and tradition as a winemaking family in Correla, Navarra. But while the older generation had been more preoccupied with having a viable and commercial trade, the current one decided to take a holistic approach to agriculture, and make artisanal wines, focusing on single parcels and single vineyards, and on the terroir of Fitero, this subzone of the D.O. Navarra. Their landscape differs from the much flatter areas of Navarra where Garnacha and Tempranillo are cropped in high volumes. Their vines grow on rocky and stony soils with variegated clays, limestone, and composite soils. They own 40 hectares, 25 of which are planted with the traditional Garnacha of the land. The wines are made in a remodeled part of the family’s old winery, and the work in the cellar follows the work on the land― low-intervention, environmentally friendly viticulture, with no additives.
