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Mil Cepas Cencibel 2019 is the emblem of ¡Ea! Manuel Manzaneque Suárez Viticultor y Enólogo. The first plot wine from the young winery in Cuenca summarizes its philosophy based on the commitment to native varieties and respectful, artisanal viticulture.
Consumption features
Serving temperature
General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French oak barrels of one use
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
14 months
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
Mil Cepas Cencibel 2019 is the pride of the house, a fruity, fresh, and very pleasant single-varietal red wine that comes from a vineyard of barely one hectare that has not received any treatment since 2014.
Planted in sandy soils, the 35-year-old cencibel (tempranillo) vines from which this wine was born were pruned and supervised personally by Manuel Manzaneque Suárez and his wife Paloma Mínguez, owners of the firm that produces it. The best healthy, ripe, and balanced fruits, meticulously selected, were fermented at a controlled temperature in stainless steel tanks with native yeasts. After spontaneous malolactic fermentation, the obtained wine was aged for 14 months in French oak barrels.
Mil Cepas Cencibel 2019 is a red wine from V.T. Castilla, ideal to accompany especially lamb chops, grilled meat, or stewed partridge. Do not hesitate to get this magnificent single-varietal as soon as possible because its production was very limited and it is already scarce.
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.