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SPAIN<br />
– REGION –<br />
The manager of Bodegas Alceño, Andres Bastida in the vineyard<br />
Like other native Spanish wine varieties, Monastrell<br />
has had to wait for its moment and stop being<br />
considered as a variety that is only suitable<br />
for ‘younger’ wines. However, in the last two<br />
decades, this Levante variety has regained its<br />
reputation, thanks to the intense wines produced<br />
in the Jumilla, Yecla, Bullas, Alicante and Utiel-Requena<br />
designations of origin.<br />
BODEGAS ALCEÑO JUMILLA D.O.<br />
150 YEARS ON...<br />
Formerly owned by the Martinez family for many<br />
generations until it was bought in 2011 by the Bastida<br />
family, when its name was changed to Bodegas Alceño,<br />
this winery has been making single varietal wines using<br />
the region’s native variety, Monastrell. In recent years, the<br />
winery has moved with the times, adapting to market<br />
trends and diverging from single varietals to produce wines<br />
blended with other varieties such as Tempranillo, Syrah,<br />
Grenache, Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) and<br />
Cabernet-Sauvignon for red wines and Sauvignon blanc,<br />
Verdejo, Airen and Macabeo for white wines, along with<br />
sweet sparkling rosés, etc. It was the original winery in<br />
Jumilla to produce the first-ever rosé traditional method<br />
SPRING 2021 GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE 67
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