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The winery of the DO Valdepeñas achieved four medals, gold and two silver at the prestigious international wine competition Mundus Vini

Today we dedicate special attention to the Airen. This variety is the most cultivated in Spain, it occupies a total area of ​​425,788 ha, distributed the most in Castilla La Mancha.

Now that we are in harvest, we share with you some small monographs on the main varieties of grapes with which we make our wines. These case are going to start with the queen variety in red wines: Tempranillo.

The Tempranillo grape named after the diminutive of "early" because it matures weeks earlier than other red grapes.

Tempranillo is a grape variety with dark skin, which by their special characteristics, has become the backbone of some of the best wines from Spain and Portugal. Almost all red wines Valdepenas, Rioja and Ribera del Duero Tempranillo has at its core. Tempranillo has been adopted successfully in the New World, especially in California, Argentina and Australia.

The first thing is to define what it means that a wine is "crushed". This expression indicates that a wine has obvious symptoms of avinagramiento. Technically it is known by acescence.

Bodegas Fernando Castro has received a total of four medals, three golds and one silver in the summer edition of the International Wine Competition Berlin Wine Trophy, organized by the company DWM (Deutsche Wein Marketing GmbH) under the patronage of the OIV (Organisation International Vine and Wine) and the recognition of the Berlin Senate and the European Union.