- Vintage
- 2021
- Region
- La Mancha / Spain
- Grape
- Tempranillo
- Type
- red
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Volume
- 75cl
- Aging
- Crianza
- Production
- Traditional
El Vínculo Crianza · 2021
El Vínculo is a La Mancha classic and a wine that really has contributed to the prestige of this very extensive denomination. Always rewarding and pleasurable, El Vínculo is clearly distinguished by the style and personality of its creator, Alejandro Fernández: refined, with no harshness or rough edges, a wine in which the ripe fruit merges magically with the oak. Alejandro Fernández does indeed love the Tempranillo. After establishing his wineries in the Ribera del Duero (Tinto Pesquera and Condado de Haza) and convinced that this grape also had potential in La Mancha's vineyards, he created El Vínculo, a winery and wines which, like all the others, never disappoint, neither when young, nor after the passage of time. High quality, long-lived and extremely enjoyable wines. On the nose, El Vínculo offers an intense aromatic palette, a combination of ripe fruit, especially black berries, and aromas acquired with ageing: leather, tobacco, chocolate, fragrant herbs, sweet spices, honeycomb, orange peel...; a very well blended classic bouquet, sweet and most pleasant, with an earthy undertone that becomes more intense on the palate, prevailing with the powerful and meaty structure, and constantly silky tannins. Decant it for a few minutes so that it has time to breathe, and enjoy it with the superb dishes presented by the region's traditional cuisine: suckling pig, lamb stew, grilled black pudding and chorizo, or semi-cured sheep's cheeses.
Picota cherry red, Semi-opaque, Clean, Bright
Fruit aromas, Spicy notes, Tobacco, Leather, Orange peel, Undergrowth notes, Earthy notes
Complex, Intense, Balanced, Good acidity, Powerful, Flavoursome, Fleshy
Meat casseroles, Lamb, Poultry, Stews, Manchego cheese, Sheep cheese, Vegetable casseroles, Cooked sausages
Serve between 14ºC and 16ºC
Aeration is recommended
About the vineyard[+]
Located between the autonomous region of Madrid and Andalucía, La Mancha is the largest vine-growing region in the world. Its vineyards cover a vast area of land that includes the provinces of Toledo, Cuenca, Ciudad Real and Albacete. Despite the fact that many cooperatives continue to operate in bulk and table wine production, an ever-increasing number of wineries are aiming for quality and bottling their wines in order to compete on an equal footing with other Spanish regions. The most widely-grown black grape variety is the Cencibel (Tempranillo) that produces meaty, warm wines. As for white, production has been based on the indigenous variety Airén which results in light, fresh, fruity wines. More recently, foreign varieties have been added to achieve better balance. There is little variation in altitude and soil type within this DO, and along with the extreme continental climate so characteristic of the region, the result is a relatively uniform aspect to flavour, aroma and texture, but with subtle distinctions achieved by the wine producer's own expertise. It is due to the oenologists, vine growers and modern techniques introduced into cultivation and production that in recent years, wines have improved dramatically in quality and can now compete with the best wines both nationally and internationally.