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A minor revolution has been under way in DO La Mancha, the
largest wine-growing region in Spain and indeed the world.
La Mancha is a vast, flat natural region that encompasses
a major part of the provinces of Toledo, Ciudad Real, Cuenca
and Albacete.
Bodegas Campos Reales is situated in the heart of DO La Mancha
in El Provencio, in the province of Cuenca on the border with
Toledo. The company was established in 1988 after the merging
of two cooperatives in the same town. In 1996 they built a
new winery, installing innovative machinery with state of
the art technology, thereby forming one of the most modern
bodegas in Europe, in a move towards producing wines of excellent,
consistent quality and value. Between El Provencio and the
neighbouring villages Bodegas Campos Reales have a total of
4000 hectares of vineyards which include the white varieties,
Airen, Macabeo,
Chardonnay
and Sauvignon
Blanc, and the red varieties, Tempranillo,
(Cencibel), Garnacha
Tinta, Garnacha
Tintorera, Cabernet
Sauvignon, Syrah,
Monastrell,
Moravia Buena, Merlot
and Bobal. The
calcareous (lime) clayey soils with their stony character
are ideal for maximum possible water retention when there
is drought, which is the main enemy of these vineyards. The
climate is moderate Mediterranean with hot summers and cold
winters. Rainfall is scarce with annual amounts averaging
no more than 500 mm falling mainly in the spring and autumn.
These extremes of cold in winter and heat in summer are the
ideal climatic conditions for producing excellent quality
grapes.
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for more information.
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