Cuenca - This is the visit of the Finca La Estacada winery in Tarancón

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Horse carriage ride through the vineyards of Finca La Estacada

«Bet on a quality wine without the consumer having to pay a price beyond reasonable»

This is the maximum with which in 2001 the cellar Finca la Estacada, which I had the opportunity to discover during my recent stay in hiswine tourism complex located next to the vineyards of the population of Tarancon, in Basin, watershed, catchment area, socket, bowl, hollow.

After tasting the very rich wines of this very young winery, family project Cantarero Rodríguez that until then he sold the grapes of his five-hectare farm in bulk, I can confirm that this maxim is being fulfilled, which consumers cannot help but thank.

Wine in barrels in the Finca La Estacada de Tarancón winery in Cuenca

The potential for the production of grape wine that is traditionally cultivated in these lands of La Mancha has no doubt that historically it has not been exploited by the producers in the area, with the result of low quality wines and poor image.

Now, for a few years, the wines of Finca La Estacada They have come to totally change the image you can have of Cuenca wine as a popular table wine.

Visit Finca La Estacada winery

During the aforementioned stay in the hotel Finca La Estacada I had the chance to visit the winery, besides tasting the variety of wines.

Thus, with the latest equipment and the application of the most modern oenological techniques, now the winesFinca La Estacada They are gaining a growing prestige, and at more than competitive prices.

Vineyards of the winery Finca La Estacada de Tarancón in Cuenca

At present, this young manchega winery has 278 hectares of vineyards where grapes are grown mainly tempranillo (with vines with an average age of 25 years), cabernet, merlot Y syrah, but also Maccabee, tight weevil or malbec.

The vineyards that surround the winery and the wine tourism complex extend with the most effective system of the trellises, in front of the traditional vineyards in Castilla-La Mancha.

When, during the harvest season, as I agreed during my visit, the grapes enter the cellar, the ones collected mechanically, after passing through the destemmer and the juice extractor, go to ten outdoor deposits, where the winemaking process

Wine tasting at Finca La Estacada de Tarancón Winery in Cuenca

Fermentation and maceration take place simultaneously for a period of 15 to 30 days.

Once this process is finished, from those deposits the wine that is going to go to the barrel already moves to them. The winery has 80 percent of American barrels, and the rest, French barrels.

The winery also has other smaller warehouses where the grapes harvested by hand are vinified, which will lead to the production of the most select range of wines.

During your winery visit, then you can see both the rooms where the barrels are located, as the wine bottling lines, as well as the rooms where the bottles are stored in the final resting process.

Visit of Finca La Estacada winery in Tarancón in Cuenca

The visit is completed with the tasting of some wines. Note that in the vintage season you can also participate in an original grape tasting.

If you wish, you can also tour the vineyards of the farm in a horse carriage.

Wines Finca La Estacada

The current range of red wines Finca La Estacada part of two elaborations with grapes tempranillo, with six or twelve months in barrel.

Featured wines are the Varietal Selectionwith grapes tempranillo, cabernet, merlot Y syrah, with 18 months in barrel, and The Syrah-Merlot Pond, with 6/8 months in barrel.

Wines Finca La Estacada in Tarancón

In the high range the Secua Cabernet Syrah With 20 months in barrel.

The winery also offers a range of whites, whose grapes do not have the maceration process, and if instead the clarification process.

The range starts with young wine Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc, which is marketed with designation of origin Uclés. And in high range, the Sequa Aging in Lias, produced with the variety Viognier Sauvignon blanc.

Photos Finca La Estacada winery

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