The grape
OUR VINEYARD
Surrounding the family winery, our farm has more than 1,000 hectares of vineyards with an altitude reaching 950 meters. With a continental Mediterranean climate, influenced by proximity to the sea, we can assure unique conditions for our vineyard.
Miguel Escribano
Engineer
We use the latest technology for traditional winemaking. Thanks to this, our team of more than 200 exhaustively controls each stage of the production process. This coupled with our extensive experience and the fact that 100% of the vineyard is owned by us enables us to obtain a fruit of the highest quality in order to respond to a demanding market within the criteria of sustainability transparency and required customisation.
SOIL
Clay soil, resulting from Miocene sediments produced by the Júcar River and its tributary, Valdemembra, collects and maintains rainwater that falls when the grapes have not yet grown.
CLIMATE
Mediterranean climate whose dryness, the almost total absence of rainfall between the months of May and September, means that the risk of cryptogamic diseases of the strains is negligible.
SUN
More than 300 days of sunshine per year, which favours proper maturation of the fruit, producing wines with intense colour and enhanced aromatic quality of the different varieties.
ALTITUDE
The vines grow at an altitude higher than 850 meters, which generates thermal oscillations between day and night greater than 15 degrees. In this way, our vineyard enjoys a natural nocturnal rest enabling it to assimilate and synthesize the elements acquired throughout the day during the hours of greatest sunlight.
WINEGROWING
Incorporation of the latest technologies enables greater knowledge and control of the vineyard that allows us to obtain desired results. Many wineries are able to work the wine once harvesting is complete, but very few can work it from the vineyard.
CULTIVATION
With our eyes always on the future, our agricultural engineers continue to expand the vineyards, seeking to improve and adapt the crops year after year. To do this, based on the concept of precision winegrowing, we continually restructure and modernise the farm.
SOIL
Clay soil, resulting from Miocene sediments produced by the Júcar River and its tributary, Valdemembra, collects and maintains rainwater that falls when the grapes have not yet grown.
CLIMATE
Mediterranean climate whose dryness, the almost total absence of rainfall between the months of May and September, means that the risk of cryptogamic diseases of the strains is negligible.
SUN
More than 300 days of sunshine per year, which favours proper maturation of the fruit, producing wines with intense colour and enhanced aromatic quality of the different varieties.
ALTITUDE
The vines grow at an altitude higher than 850 meters, which generates thermal oscillations between day and night greater than 15 degrees. In this way, our vineyard enjoys a natural nocturnal rest enabling it to assimilate and synthesize the elements acquired throughout the day during the hours of greatest sunlight.
WINEGROWING
Incorporation of the latest technologies enables greater knowledge and control of the vineyard that allows us to obtain desired results. Many wineries are able to work the wine once harvesting is complete, but very few can work it from the vineyard.
CULTIVATION
With our eyes always on the future, our agricultural engineers continue to expand the vineyards, seeking to improve and adapt the crops year after year. To do this, based on the concept of precision winegrowing, we continually restructure and modernise the farm.
14 INTERNATIONAL VARIETALS
OUR GRAPES
Selection of varietals is just as important as the selection of land.
Due to our privileged location and favourable climate, we could work practically with any variety. However, our commitment is to produce high quality wines adapted to the taste of consumers.
Therefore we’ve decided to cultivate varieties that best adapt to these tastes and, above all, those that are capable of producing the best wines.
Over time we have been rewarded. Nature and daily work has resulting in the production of a first class raw material.
Chardonnay
Small clusters, medium to high compactness with very short peduncle. Small berries, usually very uniform. Greenish yellow skin during the ripening period in the circular section, soft, very juicy and with a characteristic fruity aroma.
Sauvignon Blanc
Small clusters, very compact and uniform. The berries are also small, with elliptical shape, thick green skin.
Moscatel
Very small clusters, compact and uniform size berries. The berries are spherical, with a yellowish green skin that turns to a very intense golden yellow during the ripening process.
Airén
Large clusters and usually compact. The berries are medium sized and uniform, yellowish green skin with a spherical shape. Thick skin and plenty of bloom.
Verdejo
Small compact clusters with small, spherical berries. Its skin is medium thickness and large seeds.
Syrah
Medium clusters, compact, elongated and with a very uniform berry structure. Small to medium size berries with a very characteristic flavour.
Tempranillo
Very uniform large clusters. Berries are medium to large with thick bluish black skin.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Very small clusters with conical shape and medium compactness. The berries are small, circular and of uniform shape. The skin is thick with a very dark bluish tone.
Garnache
Medium clusters, low compactness. Uniform in berry size but not in colour. Medium berries and thick skin with a lot of bloom.
Merlot
Small to medium clusters, medium compactness, with marked shoulders and conical and elongated shape. The berries are small, elliptical, and uniform, thick skin with bluish-black colour.
Graciano
Large cluster with very homogeneous compact berries. The berries are small, spherical, with very dark blue violet epidermis and thick skin.
Cabernet Franc
Medium clusters, medium compactness. Small uniform berries. bluish black skin around circular section, a lot of bloom and very evident stylar scar.
Petit Verdot
Small clusters with low compactness, with very uniform small berries. The skin is dark violet.
Bobal
Large and very compact clusters. Medium to large uniform berries, usually spherical. The skin is very dark, almost bluish black, with semi-marred lenticels and patent scar.
