The impact of local: why choose a premium Aragonese gin
In a world where the global seems to dominate everything, there is something revolutionary about turning our gaze to what is close. Choosing a premium Aragonese gin means committing to a land, Aragón, that has a lot to say in the world of spirits.
From Vínica we explain it to you:
What “local” means when we talk about premium gin
The term “local” is used so often that it sometimes loses precision. In our case as a premium gin from Aragón, it should mean three specific things:
1. The first is identifiable agricultural origin: when the gin is born linked to a cooperative that produces alcohol from wine, as is our case, at the starting point. This usually involves traceability: raw material from here and a transparent production journey.
In a wine-based gin, moreover, the local begins before the botanicals; it begins in the vineyard, in a base coming from Garnacha wine from the Cariñena fields.
2. The second is nearby botanicals. In Aragón the drier registers tend to work well: clean herbals, contained balsamics, fine spices. That character usually fits with a premium gin that seeks balance and a long aromatic without saturation.
3. The third is controlled and coherent production: small batches, process control, regularity and material decisions that sustain a circular logic.
The base of Vínica
Vínica is born from wine. When a gin is made with a wine base, the territory does not only enter through the botanicals; it enters from the origin of the distillate. This is our case as a Vínica brand: the starting point is Garnacha wine alcohol from Aragón.
To be clear: this does not mean that the gin “tastes like wine”; it means that the start has another sensation of smoothness and a roundness that allows treating the botanicals with more delicacy.
Circularity process
Talking about the local also implies talking about the process behind it. It is about the circularity process which consists of the sum of decisions that reduce the environmental cost of the product.
Destilerías San Valero has established itself as a benchmark in the circular economy of the Aragonese wine sector by revaluing wine industry by-products, making the circular economy its raison d’être from its very conception. That logic translates into a very specific function within the Aragonese wine sector, acting as an environmental manager of the winemaking by-products of Aragón’s wineries.
In addition, from Vínica there is a fact that grounds the idea: 100% recycled glass bottle, which means that the aroma does not change, but the type of coherence of the project does.
Finally, the cooperative origin fits this way of operating: when wine and distillation have coexisted for decades in the same production environment, the management of by-products and the search for use cease to be a discourse and become daily practice.
Why choose a premium Aragonese gin
At Vínica, we know what is good. You bring the company; we bring the accompaniment: we have the perfect bottle for you.
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