Tinta

Below ground level, Tinta is a space where wine remains calm and in half-light, maturing far from light and noise. The project transfers that condition to space: a narrow threshold flanked by steel niches leads to a room whose limestone perimeter holds the collection. At the centre, a circular table gathers those who share the tasting, themselves called to a time of pause.

Detail of the Corten steel and the half-light in Tinta

Narrow threshold flanked by steel niches in Tinta

Lit limestone niches holding wine bottles in Tinta

Circular tasting table with stools at the centre of Tinta

Three materials define the project: the Corten steel of the furniture and the floor, whose patina, like wine, is the result of time; the limestone of the shelves that form the niches housing the cases; and the cork of the ceiling, which tempers sound and recalls the material that seals each bottle. A measured, pointed light builds an intimate and solemn atmosphere in which the wine and those who share it find their own repose.

Steel niches along the perimeter of Tinta

Tinta room with shelving around the perimeter and the table at the far end

Circular table with glasses and bottles under spot lighting in Tinta

Front of the Tinta room with a low table before the stone wall

(Photo)

David Zarzoso