2020 Familia Bastida Tempranillo 'Alceo'

100% estate grown Tempranillo from a a mixture of clay and sand with a high concentration of limestone and many small stones. The stones help to retain the moisture in the soil during the long dry summer season.  The grapes are harvested by hand and fermented with indigenous yeast.  Alceo is aged for four to five months in American and French oak casks and five months in the bottle before release. 

Tasting Notes

This is a La Mancha tempranillo to grace any dinner table – a vino tinto that will fill you with a warm, fuzzy glow and will pair deliciously with anything from a hearty meat stew, kebabs off the barbeque to a salty Manchego cheese. A nose of black cherry, plum, blackberry and stewed strawberry with dusty, vanilla-scented oak. The full bodied palate is packed with this sweet generous fruit but with a stoney acidity that makes it feel quite refreshing, and just the gentlest nibble of tannin on the finish. 

About Familia Bastida

Familia Bastida has been dedicated to making wines throughout Spain since 1870; each of their projects seeks to maintain the traditional qualities of the wines from various Designations of Origin. For the past 150 years, the family has been consumer-focused, offering a wide range of wines with quality and price in mind. They own about 400 acres in Castilla La Mancha and 80 in Utiel-Requena.