Castilla la Mancha, Spain
- Body
- Acidity
- Tannin
- Fruitiness
- Aroma
- Style
- Ripe & round
- Dark berries
- Red berries
- Pairs with
- Charcuterie
- Mature and hard cheese
- Game
- Lamb
- Pork
- Veal
- Vegetables
Your package will arrive at your doorstep within 4 - 16 days
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About this wine
Food pairings by the winemaker
- Charcuterie
- Mature and hard cheese
- Game
- Lamb
- Pork
- Veal
- Vegetables
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:
- Picked by hand
- Fermentation:
- -
- Storage:
- -
- Winemaker:
- Diego Morcillo Fortea
All the plots are harvested and vinified 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 10 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 100%
Bobal 100% - Vintage year:
- 2021
- Color:
- An attractive deep cherry colour with violet highlights, clear and bright
- Aroma:
- Intense and fruity on the nose with blackberries and ripe cherries, nuances of vanilla and soft spices as it opens up.
- Taste:
- On the palate smooth and balanced with concentrated fruit flavours, and a subtle touch of liquorice and spice. Silky texture and integrated tannins give good complexity and structure without losing expression of the fruit.
- Alcohol content:
- 14%
- Sugar content:
- 1.6 g/l
- Acidity:
- 5.23 g/l
- pH-value:
- 3.73
- Sweetness:
- Dry
- Contains sulphite:
- Yes
- Volume:
- 750 ml
- Closure:
- Natural cork
- Bottle:
- Glass
- Best Served:
- -
- Ageing potential:
- 1 - 10 years
Meet the winemakers behind Rubatos
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