<<The grapes: quality and variety>>
white wines
AIREN / MOSCATEL GRANO MENUDO / PARELLADA / PEDRO XIMENEZ / RIESLING / SAUVIGNON BLANC / TORRONTES / VERDEJO / VIOGNER / MACCABEE OR VIURA / CHARDONNAY / GEWÜRZTRAMINER /
red wines
CENCIBEL OR TEMPRANILLO / PINOT NOIR / GRENACHE / GRACIANO / MALBEC / MENCIA / MERLOT / MONASTRELL / MORAVIA OR CRUJIDERA / PETIT VERDOT / SYRAH / CABERNET SAUVIGNON / CABERNET FRANC / BOBAL /
CENCIBEL OR TEMPRANILLO
Cencibel variety is the most important of the red grapes in the Designation of origin La Mancha, with the highest reputation for quality at the national level.
It is the most used in La Mancha, to produce red wines with aging, it its versions of single varietal or blending with others. Its production is moderate, although very high in quality.
In other regions, it is known as Ull de Llebre (Eye of the rabbit), Tinto de Toro, Tinto Fino, Tinto del Pais, Jacibera and Verdiell.
It is an early maturing variety that produces a medium size cluster, compact and regular, which grapes are medium-thick skin and soft flesh, and its colorless juice.
AIREN
It is the most characteristic white grape in the Southern Plateau and one of the most abundant in Spain (32%), being located mainly in Castilla-La Mancha.
In other regions, it can find the names of Lair, Manchego, and Forcayat valdepeñero.
This variety is very productive and of great adaptation to extremely dry and hot climates. It require short pruning, and produces a large cluster, loose, yellow, with grapes that have medium thick skin, soft flesh and colorless juice.
Airen variety produces wines with good flavor and moderate acidity, with great qualities for young and traditional wines.
FACEBOOK
TWITTER
YOUTUBE
FLICKR
BLOG