Castilla la Mancha, Spain
- Body
- Acidity
- Tannin
- Fruitiness
- Aroma
- Style
- Ripe & round
- Red berries
- Dried fruit
- Pairs with
- Beef
- Charcuterie
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Dessert
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta & pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Spicy food
- Veal
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within 4 - 16 days
- La Niña de Cuenca will receive and pack your order (1 - 4 days)
- The courier will pick up your order and deliver it straight to your door
About this wine
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Beef
- Charcuterie
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Dessert
- Game
- Lamb
- Mushrooms
- Pasta & pizza
- Pork
- Poultry
- Spicy food
- Veal
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soils:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- La Nina’s vineyards average 725m above sea level, benefiting from the higher altitude and nocturnal breezes with a longer ripening season. The very low rainfall, dry climate and Solano winds in August and September help minimise disease. Manchuela soils are distinctly uniform, composed of lime- bearing clay and gravels to around 30cm over limestone, formed from marine sediments during the Miocene period. They are well-drained and mineral-rich, promoting deep root growth and balanced acidity in the wines.
- Harvest:
- -
- Fermentation:
- Amphora (100%)
- Storage:
- -
- Winemaker:
- Diego Morcillo Fortea
All the plots are harvested and co-fermented individually. Bunches are destalked. The must is macerated on the skins. Spontaneous fermentation from natural yeasts in 500 and 1000 litre tinaja clay jars, followed by pressing and malolactic fermentation. No fining and a light filtration before bottling. Aged for 18 months in tinaja clay jars with minimum 1 year in bottle before release.
Meet the wine maker
Diego Morcillo ForteaAbout the wine and its character
- Country:
- Spain
- Region/Subregion:
- Castilla la Mancha/Manchuela
- Classification:
- DO
- Certification:
- Organic
- Grape:
- Bobal 90%
- Vintage year:
- 2019
- Color:
- A rich garnet red hue with brick highlights, indicating some evolution.
- Aroma:
- On the nose, seductive aromatic complexiy of ripe red fruits, cherries and liquorice. Some tones of compote, leather, tobacco and cocoa and balsamic nuances and a subtle touch of vanilla.
- Taste:
- On the palate it balanced with good acidity and minerality, complex red fruits, herbs and tertiary characteristics and soft, silky tannins.
- Alcohol content:
- 14%
- Sugar content:
- 2 g/l
- Acidity:
- 5.5 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.7
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Glass
- Best Served:
- -
- Ageing potential:
- 1 - 15 years
Meet the winemakers behind Ildania
Information provided directly by the winery.
Information
- Winery
- La Niña de Cuenca
- Founding year
- 2016
- Farming area
- 16 ha
- Production
- 15 b/y
Brothers Lorenzo and Valentín Lopez founded their winery in 2016, having returned to their family’s grape growing roots in the Ledaña Basin in the province of Cuenca, to the east of Spain’s Castilla-La Mancha region. Their DO Manchuela wines are from 60ha of inherited small vineyard plots of old vines ranging from 25 to 100 years old. Their strong sense of regional heritage, preserving old varieties, vinifying and ageing only in the traditional clay jars tinaja, combined with their ‘minimal oenology’ approach of fully organic and sustainable practices is a unique combination of old and new.
Meet La Niña de Cuenca