Gran Reserva. El origen

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Soap opera

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Bambú Producciones

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Gran Reserva. El origen is a Spanish drama television series, working as a prequel to Gran Reserva. Produced by Televisión Española in collaboration with Bambú Producciones, it aired from May 2013 to August 2013. It focuses on the events happening four decades before the original series.

Premise

The plot is set in 1967 in the fictional winemaking village of Lasiesta (La Rioja).

The series deals with intrigues influencing the events of the Gran Reserva series more than forty years later, including the relations between the Cortázar and the Reverte families{{Cite news|url=https://elpais.com/cultura/2013/03/12/television/1363087568_163004.html|website=El País|title=El origen de las intrigas|date=12 March 2013|first=Rosario G.|last=Gómez}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aisge.es/gran-reserva-el-origen|website=AISGE|title=Retorno al pasado|date=29 July 2013}} and the struggle between the Cortázar family and a third family, the Miranda,{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/31009/ramon-campos-gran-reserva-el-origen-tenemos-claro-hemos-venido-para-quedarnos/|website=FormulaTV|title=Ramón Campos ('Gran Reserva. El origen'): "Tenemos muy claro que hemos venido para quedarnos"|first=Cristina|last=Vega Garrandés|date=10 May 2013}} the dominant winemaking power in the region at the time, led by the marriage formed by Santiago Miranda (Manuel Blas) and Elvira Prieto (Silvia Marsó).{{Cite web|url=https://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/series/noticias/4713199/04/13/Silvia-Marso-y-Manuel-de-Blas-son-los-Miranda-la-tercera-familia-en-discordia-de-Gran-Reserva-El-origen.html|website=Ecoteuve|publisher=El Economista|title=Silvia Marsó y Manuel de Blas son los Miranda, la tercera familia en discordia de 'Gran Reserva. El origen'|date=1 April 2013}}

Cast

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Marta Torné as Elena Cortázar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/cuore/entretenimiento/presentacion-de-gran-reserva-el-origen?foto=19#galeria-16283-1147936|website=Cuore|publisher=El Periódico|title=Presentación de 'Gran Reserva. El origen'|date=13 May 2013}}
Jesús Olmedo as Luis Miranda.
Verónica Sánchez as Sofía Reverte.
Alberto San Juan as Jesús Reverte.
Álex Angulo as Eduardo Matute.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/tele/20130311/gran-reserva-ficha-a-alex-angulo-y-yolanda-ulloa-2337335|website=El Periódico|title='Gran reserva' ficha a Álex Angulo y Yolanda Ulloa|date=11 March 2013}}
Sergio Mur as Roberto Vega.
Pastora Vega as Pilar Jiménez.
Paula Prendes as Carolina Jiménez.
{{ill|Cesáreo Estébanez|es}} as Teodoro Ortega.
José Ángel Egido as Don Bernardo Cela, the Mayor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/30512/marta-calvo-jose-angel-egido-blanca-jara-fichan-gran-reserva-el-origen/|website=FormulaTV|title=Marta Calvó, José Ángel Egido y Blanca Jara fichan por 'Gran Reserva. El origen'|date=15 April 2013}}
{{ill|Blanca Jara|es}} as Asunción Cela.
{{ill|Álex Barahona|es}} as Andrés Guillén.
Yolanda Ulloa as Inés Mendoza.
Carlota Olcina as Manuela Matute.
Silvia Marsó as Elvira Prieto.
Manuel Blas as Santiago Miranda.
Pablo Castañón as Adolfo Reverte.
Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa as Ricardo Reverte.
Petra Martínez as Renata Ramos.
José Manuel Cervino as Alejandro Cortázar.
Víctor Clavijo as Vicente Cortázar.
Mamen Camacho as Rosalía.
{{ill|Pau Roca|es}} as Rafael Cortázar.
Javier Pereira as Gabriel Cortázar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/tv/noticia-tve-estrena-gran-reserva-origen-20130510171245.html|website=Europa Press|title=TVE estrena 'Gran Reserva. El origen'|date=10 May 2013}}
Joaquín Climent as Dimas, Lasiesta's baker.{{Cite web|url=https://ecoteuve.eleconomista.es/series/noticias/4705330/03/13/Joaquin-Climent-se-enamora-de-la-mujer-equivocada-en-Gran-Reserva-El-origen.html|website=Ecoteuve|title=Joaquín Climent se enamora de la mujer equivocada en 'Gran Reserva. El origen'|date=27 March 2013}}
{{ill|Marta Calvó|es}} as Clotilde Ontiveros.

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Production and release

Gran Reserva. El origen is a prequel series to Gran Reserva. Produced by Televisión Española (TVE) in collaboration with Bambú Producciones, filming started on 5 Abril 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.es/20130404/gente/gran-reserva-201304042255.html|website=El Comercio|title=TVE inicia el rodaje de 'Gran Reserva. El Origen'|date=5 April 2013}} The serial premiered in the sobremesa time slot on 13 May 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/tv/series/20130711/abci-gran-reserva-origen-201307111156.html|website=ABC|title=TVE no renovará "Gran Reserva. El Origen" después del verano|date=11 July 2013}} Given the unconvincing viewership figures, TVE decided to cut the number of episodes from the initially intended 130 to 82, and to program back to back episodes to bring the series to its end sooner.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/32397/tve-cancela-gran-reserva-el-origen-48-capitulos-antes-previsto/|website=FormulaTV|title=TVE cancela 'Gran Reserva. El origen', 48 capítulos antes de lo previsto|date=1 August 2013|first=Xabier|last=Migelez}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/32599/gran-reserva-el-origen-dobla-emisiones-llegar-final-23-agosto/|website=FormulaTV|title='Gran Reserva. El origen' dobla sus emisiones para llegar a su final el 23 de agosto|first=José|last=Álvarez|date=14 August 2013}} The broadcasting run ended on 23 August 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.formulatv.com/noticias/42328/tve-luz-verde-nuevas-series-diarias-seis-hermanas-acacias-38/|website=FormulaTV|title=TVE da luz verde a dos nuevas series diarias: 'Seis hermanas' (Bambú Producciones) y 'Acacias 38' (Boomerang TV)|date=4 December 2014|first1=Miguel|last1=Bermejo|first2=Xabier|last2=Migelez}}