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From one of the most interesting wineries in Castilla La Mancha comes ¡Ea! Cencibel 2020, a young red wine with a great fruity load, balance, and an unbeatable quality-price ratio, designed for full enjoyment by Manuel Manzaneque Suárez.
Consumption features
Serving temperature
General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French and American oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
6 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
13.5
General Information
¡Ea! Cencibel 2020 is a red wine that has its promising origin in the select fruits of vines between 40 and 70 years old, with low yields, spread across a handful of small plots in the Manchego municipalities of Las Mesas, Las Pedroñeras, El Provencio, San Clemente, and Villarrobledo.
In this mosaic of poor, rocky, but well-drained soils, ¡Ea! Manuel Manzaneque Suárez Viticultor y Enólogo works with the native cencibel (tempranillo), following the dictates of artisanal and ecological viticulture. The quest for the highest possible quality grape, healthy, balanced, and at the optimal point of ripeness, faithfully expressing its typicity, guides the steps of this small winery founded in 2011.
Only the fruits that met his demanding quality criteria were used in the production of ¡Ea! Cencibel 2020. After the strict selection of the clusters, the cencibel grapes underwent a cold pre-fermentation maceration for 4 days to extract all the aromas. Alcoholic fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks with native yeasts, and malolactic fermentation occurred spontaneously. The process culminated in 5 months of aging in French and American oak barrels, resulting in a friendly and hedonistic single-varietal, ideal for accompanying dishes such as lamb chops, grilled meat, or stewed partridge.
The winery
Winery
Oenologist
Winemaker
¡Ea! Manuel Manzaneque Suárez Enólogo y Viticultor is the personal project of Manuel Manzaneque Suárez and his wife Paloma Mínguez. After a decade as the technical director of his family’s winery, the first in Spain to achieve, in 2002, the Vino de Pago (D.O. Finca Élez) designation, Manzaneque decided in 2011 to establish his own brand to craft great wines—hedonistic and fun—with an unbeatable quality-to-price ratio.
With this goal in mind, he settled in the D.O. La Mancha, where he found old vineyards, between 40 and 70 years old, of native varieties such as cencibel (tempranillo), airén, and macabeo, spread across different towns in the southwest of the province of Cuenca, such as Las Pedroñeras, El Provencio, Las Mesas, San Clemente, and Pozoamargo. He also works with winegrowers from other winemaking regions (V.T. Castilla and D.O. Valencia).
All these terruños produce intriguing wines that reflect the enthusiastic vision of their creator, which he shares with us starting with the name of the winery itself. The very Manchegan interjection ¡Ea! evokes animation, excitement, and determination when undertaking a particular action.
With this goal in mind, he settled in the D.O. La Mancha, where he found old vineyards, between 40 and 70 years old, of native varieties such as cencibel (tempranillo), airén, and macabeo, spread across different towns in the southwest of the province of Cuenca, such as Las Pedroñeras, El Provencio, Las Mesas, San Clemente, and Pozoamargo. He also works with winegrowers from other winemaking regions (V.T. Castilla and D.O. Valencia).
All these terruños produce intriguing wines that reflect the enthusiastic vision of their creator, which he shares with us starting with the name of the winery itself. The very Manchegan interjection ¡Ea! evokes animation, excitement, and determination when undertaking a particular action.