THE CARCHELO BLOG
WINE, WINERY VISITS AND STORIES FROM JUMILLA
Discover our wines, plan your visit and get to know Jumilla. Here we share practical guides, stories from the winery and the latest news from Carchelo.

Wine tasting in Jumilla: a guide for international visitors
Planning a wine tasting in Jumilla? You can visit a working winery, taste local wines and explore the town in one day. If you are staying in Murcia or Alicante, the journey fits comfortably into a day trip by car. Start by booking your winery visit. Then check the route from your accommodation and leave

Bodegas Carchelo in the 2026 Gourmet Wine Guide: new scores that confirm a promising path
Once again, Bodegas Carchelo wines have been featured in the 2026 Gourmets Wine Guide, a leading publication in the Spanish wine sector. The tasting panel recognized the quality and consistency of our work with ratings that once again place Carchelo among the most established wineries in the D.O.P Jumilla. Among the highest scores, the 96

Bodegas Carchelo returns to the Parker Guide
This year, seven wineries from the Jumilla Designation of Origin have managed to make a name for them in the prestigious Parker Guide, also known as The Wine Advocate. Among them, Bodegas Carchelo appears with a selection of wines that have been recognized for their quality and personality, consolidating its place in the international wine

The 2025 edition of the Gourmet Wine Guide is now available with the scores for our wines
The 2025 edition of the Gourmet Wine Guide is now available, along with the scores for our wines tasted by the Guide’s tasting committee. On its 40th anniversary, the Gourmet Wine Guide, one of the most exhaustive on the national scene, has rated 4,915 wines from 1,270 wineries, all of them blind tasted by the

WINE CRITIC JAMES SUCKLING GIVES 93 POINTS TO MURI VETERES AND VINA MARIS
The well-known American wine critic, James Suckling, after tasting our wines, improved the scores of Muri Veteres and Carchelo Viñedos de Pueblo with respect to previous vintages. This is how he evaluated our wines after the tasting: Muri Veteres (93 points): “This is a flavorful and juicy red that has notes of strawberries, oranges, chili

94 TIM ATKIN POINTS FOR GUARAFÍA
Master of Wine Tim Atkin has just published a new report about wines from Spain, including wine-growing regions of Spain such as Navarra, La Mancha, the Basque Country and the south east spanish mediterranean area. He tasted 6 wines from Bodegas Carchelo, highlighting the new elaboration, GUARAFÍA, with 94 points. These have been Tim Atkin’s