Castilla la Mancha, Spain
- Body
- Acidity
- Fruitiness
- Aroma
- Flavour intensity
- Style
- Rich & smooth
- Stone fruit
- Citrus
- Pairs with
- Asian cuisine
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Lean fish
- Fatty fish
- Poultry
- Flavored shellfish
- Natural shellfish
- Spicy food
- Vegetables
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
- Asian cuisine
- Goat cheese
- Mature and hard cheese
- Lean fish
- Fatty fish
- Poultry
- Flavored shellfish
- Natural shellfish
- Spicy food
- Vegetables
Vinification, winemaker's own words
- Soils:
- Clay, Limestone
- Terroir:
- Manchuela is a high plateau between two rivers in inland Spain, where warm sunny days and cool night breezes help the grapes ripen slowly and evenly. The vineyards sit about 725 meters high, so the heat is balanced by freshness. The dry climate and steady summer winds keep the vines healthy with little need for treatments. The soils are a mix of clay, gravel and limestone, giving the wines a natural lift and a clean, mineral feel.
- Harvest:
- -
- Fermentation:
- Amphora (100%)
- Storage:
- -
- Winemaker:
- Diego Morcillo Fortea
Grapes are pressed with no skin contact, using only free-run juice. Spontaneous fermentation from natural yeasts in 1000 litre clay eggs ‘huevos de barro’ keeping the wine in contact with fine lees. Battonage every two weeks. Malolactic fermentation. No fining and a light filtration before bottling. Aged 7 months in clay eggs 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:
- Albilla 100%
- Vintage year:
- 2022
- Color:
- An attractive pale yellow in colour, with golden tints.
- Aroma:
- On the nose an aroma of apricot blossom and acacia with hints of ripe peach and honey.
- Taste:
- On the palate a good balance of freshness and smoothness, silky texture with juicy apricot and ripe pear. A hint of elderflower and minerality with vibrant citrus acidity and a lasting finish.
- Alcohol content:
- 12%
- Sugar content:
- 1.8 g/l
- Acidity:
- 5.4 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.2
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Glass
- Best Served:
- -
- Ageing potential:
- 1 - 10 years
Meet the winemakers behind Orovelo
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