El Tinto de Lela del Mar

REGION: Jumilla, Spain

VARIETIES: Field Blend

VITICULTURE: Conventional

YEAR: NV

ABV: 13%

INFO: Bodegas Alceño has been producing wine in Jumilla since 1870, making it one of the oldest wineries to commercialise the wines of the region.

Soils are mainly stony, calcareous, sandy loam and clay. Yields are low due to the low rainfall, with the majority of vines bush trained. Winters are cold and summers extremely hot, with grapes harvested between September and late October. Harvested by hand and fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel.

An uncomplicated red wine from indigenous Spanish grape varieties which is intense in colour with complex aromas of roasted fruits, cacao and spices.