El Cerrico DO Jumilla

El Cerrico DO Jumilla
Region
Jumilla
Producer
Bodega Cerrón
Vintage
2019
Grape varieties
  • 100% Airen
Bottle size
75 cl
Alcohol
12.5%
Special characteristic

Hand-picked and hand-selected grapes. Cold maceration ('cold soak') followed by natural wild-yeast fermentation on the skins in clay amphorae. No filtering or fining. A vegan wine grown organically and according to biodynamic principles.

El Cerrico is the flagship wine, epitomising the estate's ethos and organic and biodynamic work. Intense aromas of dried white flowers, fine orange zest, and dried pear on the nose. Mineral notes on the palate born of the calcareous soils in the vineyard. This wine has a long finish and will continue to develop for the next 10 to 15 years.

A wine from the Stratum Wines range, sourced from pre-phylloxera vines. The El Cerrico ('small hill') vineyard comprises 0.47 hectares and is situated 900 metres above sea level. It was planted by hand with own-rooted Airen vines in 1912. Under foot, we have calcareous rocks with marine fossils at the surface, overlaying sandy limestone.