Bodegas Barahonda - Zona Zepa

Origin Yecla, Spain

Winery Bodegas Barahonda

Grape 100% Monastrell

Vintage / Alcohol content 2016 / 15.5%

Information & Character The harvest takes place during the cool morning hours. After careful selection, the whole clusters remain in a refrigerator at 10 degrees for 24 hours. The bunches of grapes are destemmed, crushed and the must ends up in an open tank for maceration and fermentation. After fermentation, the wine goes into large 500-liter French oak barrels where extended maceration takes place. The wine is aged for 20 months in new 500-liter French oak barrels. Vines are from 1940 and the grapes are 100% pre-phylloxera Monastrell vines that yield only 0.9 hectoliters per hectare. Very aromatic aroma, notes of ripe red fruits, balsamic notes such as licorice and strongly toasted notes, stand out due to the high quality barrels. In the mouth it is structured, powerful, tasty and at the same time round. In this wine we find notes of terroir and Monastrell at its best.

Production The wine undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged only in oak tanks.

Soil Calcareous clay soils

Perfect for charcuterie, lamb, beef and pasta.

About the Producer

The history of Bodegas Barahonda begins around 1850, when Pedro Candela Soriano began producing and selling small quantities of wine locally until Antonio Candela García, in 1925, founded a small winery. It was then taken over by his son, Antonio Candela Poveda, who made it grow and develop over the years. With the need to create higher quality wines, Bodegas Barahonda was founded in 2006, currently run by Antonio and Alfredo, the fourth generation of the Candela family. From the small wine exploitation to the modern winery that produces quality wines appreciated in international markets, four generations have passed on the knowledge and tradition from father to son.