Welcoming Bodegas Enguera
Pedro was born on June 15, 1921, in Cortes de Pallás (Valencia). From a humble peasant family, he always had a special link with agriculture and the rural world. Unfortunately, he suffered the consequences of the difficult post-war period Spain would go through in the following years. Undoubtedly an event that would mark his life for eternity. He didn't pursue a university career, but he always had great concerns and cultivated the most valuable of qualities: the ability to deal with people. D. Pedro carried out a multitude of businesses, with the distribution of butane being one of his greatest successes. In 1960 he managed the distribution of butane throughout the Mediterranean region. Despite this and other business successes, his greatest dream had always been to create a winery that made great wines from his own vineyards.
In 1974 he bought the farms of Antolí and El Chalet del Río in Enguera, where he began cultivating numerous vegetable gardens, citrus, olive, fruit and vineyard crops. And he also acquired the farms of Casa Lluch and Casa Corones, in Fontanars dels Alforins, with 65 hectares of vineyards and began to produce wine in the old cellar of Casa Corones in bulk and bottled.
In 1999 he fulfilled his dream and built a winery in Enguera. Familiar, intended to produce high-quality bottled stock that represented the soil and climate characteristics of Fontanars dels Alforins accordingly.
In 2002, the production system was changed and focused on quality. As a result, new vineyards were planted, and the farm's activity was focused on cultivating vines and olive groves. At the same time, Casa Toñuna was acquired, a farm of 20 hectares and great potential in the Sierra de Enguera.
Also, in 2002 he started to manage the company D. Juan Iglesias Jiménez, D. Pedro's son-in-law and together with his wife, Dña. María Cruz Pérez Herrero started this second generation of the winery who manage with enthusiasm and passion to position Bodegas Enguera among the great Valencian wineries.
Hand in hand with Mr. Juan, Diego Fernández Pons, our winemaker and José Vicente Gómez Carbajal, Agricultural engineer and technical director of the winery, are in charge of proposing the new model of viticulture and oenology that, maintaining the tradition, made the success of the company possible. One of the hallmarks of this model is organic farming. Already then, they knew that only by taking care of nature would they be able to obtain great wines without carrying out great interventions along the way.
In November 2011, all plots were certified in organic farming while work continued to make viticulture even more sustainable and environmentally respectful. That year D. Pedro Pérez Pardo died at the age of 84, having seen his great dream come true. D. Pedro was also able to see how his grandchildren, Juan Ramón Iglesias Pérez, Pedro Iglesias Pérez and Silver Segarra Pérez, already formed the third generation of the winery.
Once the conversion of the vineyard was consolidated in 2013, Juan Ramón Iglesias Pérez became the manager of Bodegas Enguera and actively participated in the design and marketing of the winery’s wines are gaining in quality and international recognition. For his part, Pedro Iglesias dedicates all his efforts to energize wine tourism and share his passion for wine with consumers and customers at national and international fairs.
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Enguera Planet
Pedro and Juan Ramón share a conviction that the company must contribute to improving and caring for the Environment. Thus, in 2014, they created Enguera Planet, a research center aimed at mitigating the effect of climate change through the establishment of organic farming techniques that enhance biological pest control, the reduction of the carbon footprint or the reduction of water consumption, among other aspects. They entrust this task to Juan Martínez Barberá, a young winemaker passionate about organic viticulture, which establishes relationships with universities and other research centers to launch the organic farming projects they are currently developing. And the dream continues. At
Bodegas Enguera, they continue to dream of great wines, making the consumer happy and making the planet more sustainable.
THE WINES
2022 Finca Enguera Blanco
2022 Finca Enguera Rosado
2021 Finca Enguera Tinto
2022 Aliats Blanco
2021 Aliats Tinto
2018 Sueño de Megala
AB CSPC/SKU # 888374
2022 Finca Enguera Blanco
Valencia DO
Verdil is a grape unique to Valencia that went nearly extinct before Bodegas Enguera began growing and championing the variety anew in the 60’s. This entry level example in stainless shows the variety’s green banana and papaya character over its easy drinking medium acidity and and smooth, round texture, its structure redolent of Palomino but with a much more tropical fruit profile.
Altitude: 650m+
Soils: The soil is very calcareous with a high content of active carbonate
Varietal: 100% Verdil
Fermentation: Night harvested. De-stemmed and crushed. Macerated on their skins for 8 hours before being pressed to temperature controlled stainless steel for a long fermentation at 12ºC.
Ageing: Stainless steel.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. From the Finca Casa Corones vineyard in Fontanars dels Alforins. 20 year old vines. Dry farmed.
Yield: 3kg/vine.
ABV: 12.5%
AB CSPC/SKU # 888375
2022 Finca Enguera Rosado
Valencia DO
A gorgeous salmon pink Tempranillo rosé—well farmed fruit with the lightest touch in the cellars deliver up this easy pleaser. Notes of raspberry, strawberry, peppermint, and english biscuits. A fresh, balanced, organic rosé, the perfect patio pounder or should it be winter, a little sunshine in a bottle to ward off the winter scary’s.
Altitude: 650m+
Soils: Deep soils, rich in organic matter, with a loamy structure
Varietal: 100% Tempranillo
Fermentation: Night harvested. Minimal maceration. Temperature controlled stainless steel.
Ageing: Stainless steel.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. Small berry Tempranillo from the Antoli vineyard in the interior of the Sierra de Enguera surrounded by pines, mastic, and aromatic herbs. 12-year-old vines. Drip irrigation.
Yield: 5.5kg/vine.
ABV: 12.5%
AB CSPC/SKU # 888376
2021 Finca Enguera Tinto
Valencia DO
An easy drinking, bright, fresh Tempranillo grown at high altitude for great acidity and vinified with a brief maceration, making it ideal as a chilled red! Strawberry, plum, and black cherry in abundance. A party-perfect red of refreshment!
Altitude: 650m+
Soils: Deep soils, rich in organic matter, with a loamy structure
Varietal: 100% Tempranillo
Fermentation: Macerated only four days for a fresh drinking, less tannic style. Temperature controlled stainless steel.
Ageing: Stainless steel.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. Single parcel. Fruit from the Finca Toñuna vinyard located in the interior part of Sierra de Enguera. 10 year old vines. Drip irrigation.
Yield: 4.5kg/vine.
ABV: 13.0%
AB CSPC/SKU # 888377
2022 Aliats Blanco
Valencia DO
Beautiful golden-yellow color, very clean wine. White Aliats is pure freshness on the nose. We find floral aromas reminiscent of orange blossom, peach blossom, but above all intense citrus notes reminiscent of lime and lemon. On the nose, the toasted and spicy aromas characteristic of barrel aging are present but in the background. On the palate it is a wine with very good balance, marked acidity and a tannic point that completes the rounding of the wine, giving it an extra depth and presence. The aftertaste is long and leaves you with a wonderful memory.
Region: Enguera, Valencia
Appellation: Valencia DO
Altitude: 650m+
Soils: Clay-loam soils rich in limestone and high in organic matter.
Varietal: 100% Verdil
Fermentation: Grapes de-stemmed, crushed, and left to macerate on the skins for 8 hours before being pressed to stainless for a 25 day ferment at a controlled temperature of 12 degrees.
Ageing: Partly matured in stainless, partly in in French oak barriques. Three months ageing.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. The estate's original Sierra de Enguera vineyard (an area where vineyards were once abundant and Verdil once grew commonly but that phylloxera destroyed and was not replanted until the Pérez family brought it back in the 70s). Vineyard surrounded by Mediterranean forest. 4,000kg/ha yield.
ABV: 12.5%
Produced Cases: -
AB CSPC/SKU # 888378
2021 Aliats Tinto
Valencia DO
Intense red color with bluish trim. Intense aromas of fresh fruit, redcurrant, strawberry, blackberry. They also emphasize spicy aromas, peppermint, thyme, as well as clove and pepper of French oak. Light and elegant in the mouth. Very good structure, good acidity and balance. Medium post-taste The wine reflects with its elegance and personality faithfully the characteristics of the wines of Fontanars dels Alforins. The evolution in the bottle is very favorable. Fresh fruit evolves into ripe and slightly compote fruit over time.
Region: Enguera, Valencia
Appellation: Valencia DO
Altitude: 650m+
Soils: Calcareous soils, very stony and clay-loam with a high percentage of active limestone.
Varietal: 50% Monastrell, 50% Marselán
Fermentation: 3-day cold pre-fermentation maceration.
Ageing: Matured three months in second- and third-fill French oak barrels.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. From their Casa Lluch estate, located in the heart of Fontanars dels Alforins at 650 m above sea level. Dry-farmed. 20 year old vines. Yield: 2kg/vine.
ABV: 13.5%
Produced Cases: -
AB CSPC/SKU # 888379
2018 Sueño de Megala
Valencia DO
Deep dark red color, brick tones on the rim. Very particular Mediterranean wine. Notes of stewed fruit and compote stand out, but the freshness of the Mediterranean style is maintained. Floral and fresh fruit aromas are preserved, but also aromatic herbs such as mint, rosemary and scrub. The clove stands out among the spicy aromas, white pepper, curry notes. High concentration, great volume and breadth on the palate, well polished sweet tannins. Excellent balance, very long and pleasant aftertaste on the palate.
Region: Enguera, Valencia
Appellation: Valencia DO
Altitude: 650m+
Soils: Limestone soils, very stony clay with a high percentage of active limestone.
Varietal: 100% Marselán
Fermentation: Cold pre-fermentation maceration for 5 days, gently pumped over twice a day and post-fermentation maceration for 30 days.
Ageing: Aged for 22 months in second-, third-, and fourth-fill French oak barrels.
Vineyard & Vine Age: Organic. Manual harvest selected from the best areas in the Marselán plots in the Casa Corones vineyard. Dry farmed. 20 year old vines. Yield is 2.1 kg/vine.
ABV: 14.5%
Produced Cases: 346
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