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where the growing season is both hot and long. Learning that the resulting wine was blended away or distilled and varietal wine had not been produced caused the
Joneses to research what made it possible to grow and produce fine Tempranillo in Spain. There they learned that the best Tempranillo wines
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where the soils were different yet they shared very similar climates characterized by hot summers and one of the shortest red wine growing seasons in Spain. This suggested that climate, not soils, was critically important for growing
Tempranillo grapes from which high-quality varietal wine could be
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With data in hand, the
Joneses searched America, identified a Rioja/Ribera homoclime in Southern Oregon, purchased land, planted Oregon's first Tempranillo in 1995, and used third leaf fruit from these hectares to produce Abacela's and the Pacific Northwest's first commercial Tempranillo wine.
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One year later, using fourth leaf grapes, Earl crafted
America's first varietal tempranillo to win first place in an international wine competition (2001 San Francisco International Wine Competition) besting all 19 Spanish tempranillo entries. Doing so clearly established the critical role of
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Abacela has received numerous awards both for individual wines and as an organization. In 2009 Wine
Business Magazine ranked Abacela as a Top Ten Hot Small Brand in America. In 2013 Abacela was named Oregon Winery of the Year by Wine Press Northwest magazine. In 2015 Abacela was a
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variety-site climate matching to production of quality
Tempranillo wine. This was confirmed when their 2005 Reserve became America's first varietal Tempranillo to receive a gold medal in Spain's own Tempranillo al Mundo competition.
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Abacela believes in working with nature and has established a 125 hectares (~300 acres) Nature
Conservancy on the estate and in 2009 became one of only 14 Oregon wineries to meet the Carbon Neutral Challenge. Abacela is also a
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magazine finalist for
American Winery of the year. In 2015 Earl and Hilda Jones were honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Oregon Wine Industry.
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Jones, G.V.; Davis, R.E. (2000). "Climate
Influences on Grapevine Phenology, Grape Composition, and Wine Production and Quality for Bordeaux, France".
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