These wines are all 100% Tempranillo. The 2002 El Vinculo Paraje la Golosa is the first release of this wine. It reveals a complex, expressive perfume of smoke, spice box, mineral, and assorted black fruits which jump from the glass. Surprisingly forward (perhaps due to the vintage), the wine nevertheless has the structure for several years of further evolution. Although it can be enjoyed now, it should drink well through 2020.
These wines demonstrate the potential of La Mancha, a large region known in the past primarily for bulk wines, but now increasingly the focus of top vignerons such as Alejandro Fernandez of Pesquera fame.
Peñin Guide: 88 points(01/01/2009)
Colour: intense cherry. Nose: spicy, medium intensity, roasted, ripe fruit, old leather. Palate: tasty, retro-olfaction, roasted, ripe tannins.
The El Vínculo winery is the result of an old idea Alejandro Fernández had: making a great wine in La Mancha. He finally found what he was looking for after travelling around the region for some time. What he discovered were good very mature Tempranillo vines acclimatised to local conditions.... /> If the vines were well cared for, selected and their production controlled, that great wine from La Mancha that Alejandro had always dreamt about could finally become a reality.
That is how Alejandro’s latest great project —and last for the time being— began.
A beautiful typical building from La Mancha located near the windmills of Campo de Criptana and next to the railway station was reconverted into a modern winery designed to make limited quantities of top-quality wine. The name chosen for the winery, “El Vínculo”, is a homage to the old family winery located in the Duero area.
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