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RED WINE is our passion.
Many years before Robert Parker would talk about Jumilla as one of the most promising winegrowing areas of the country; even before wines from this area started to stand out in our wine universe as the best in terms of value for money; this brand was already enjoying great success with its wine from the Sierra del Carche. The new Jumilla was created here.,
As with the history of many families of Jumilla, in the last century our family was already transforming the grapes from its vineyards into those wines of yesteryear which were characteristic of this land, full-bodied, intense in colour and with a high degree of alcohol content. Almost three generations later, we have returned to our origins and we are once again doing the same; now with other means and technology. We are once again people of the countryside.
Bodegas Carchelo, S. L., founded in 1990, is in Jumilla (Murcia), at the foot of the Sierra del Carche, protected Regional Park in which the highest peak “Madama” is 1,372 m high. The Mediterranean, together with our inland location on a plateau provides us with a unique climate. An average annual relative humidity of 60%, 3,000 hours of sunshine per year, altitudes which range from 485 m in the town centre to 1,372 m at its highest point and very low rainfall which has not exceeded 20 days of rain annually for years.
In the Spanish Mediterranean, between the provinces of Alicante, Albacete (La Mancha), Granada and Almeria (Andalusia) lies the region of Murcia, and Jumilla is located to the north-east. It is a historically ancient city with an extensive municipal area (1,000 km²) which makes up the highlands of the region of Murcia. It has an average altitude of 600 m. It offers dry and mountainous land, of steppes and pilgrims, where the vineyard historically found a unique habitat for producing grapes of exceptional quality.
Professional ethics, a respect for people and our environment are fundamental in all areas of our activity
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATE
We adapt the cultivation of our vineyards to this climate. Controlled production.
3,000 hours of sunshine a year.
Low rainfall, which has not exceeded 20 days of rain per year for many years.
WINE CELLAR
Our facilities boast all the necessary means and technology for making, nurturing, bottling and preserving our wines in the best conditions possible of hygiene and food safety. We only produce red wines. We ferment in stainless steel automated tanks, with automated control and regulation of temperature and capacity for 12,000, 25,000 and 50,000 litres. We use, between them all, a total of 550,000 litres depending on the sizes of the plots harvested.
Our barrel room where the wines are aged has a capacity for 1,000 barrels of 225 litres. We use top quality French oak and different degrees of toasting; we changed 20% of the barrel room every year and we remove the barrels after their fifth year of use. The room is conditioned to maintain a constant temperature and level of humidity throughout the whole year.do el año.
We have an automated bottling line in our cellar for our wines, boasting the technological means necessary for sealing the wine at a constant temperature ensuring the absence of any oxygen. For the ageing in the bottle, as well as storing bottled wines, we have air-conditioned rooms which maintain a constant temperature and level of humidity.
We respect and protect the environment. With the help of a biological system of draining residual water, we then use waste water for the irrigation of green areas. The solid waste is removed by authorised waste managers.
THE PEOPLE
We are a small family winery, in which closeness and harmony is the key. We have a common DNA, arising from being serious about our work, ethical, professional, committed, enthusiastic and passionate about what we do and, also, let’s admit it, being a little bit crazy about wine!
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“I have always believed in teamwork and in making an effort to achieve things. I now realise how exciting it is to see the results of hard work achieved by a team who believes, without limits, in what they do. That is how our wines are made, full of expectation. I hope they will serve to help share all the important moments of our lives.”
“When you aim high you may find it difficult to get there; but if you set your sights low you may never get anywhere. We aim to position CARCHELO among the top 100 wines in the world which are not among thousand most expensive. We have the raw material, technical means and craft to achieve it; together with enthusiasm and determination which will never end and the continuity of our family businesses is guaranteed for three generations at least.”
“Peter Drucker said that the most important thing about communication is to listen to what is not said. With our wines, we want to convey many things; the magic of our Mediterranean climate, the character of our land, the strength of our sun, the tranquillity of our land, the enthusiasm of our team – our wines have a lot to say and I look forward to you discovering it!”
“Wine is culture. Wine is passion, respect for our environment, patience, hard work and teamwork. Wine is cause, means and objective of celebration. All this is what we feel and want to share with every glass of wine… Cheers!”
“A whole world to discover, where technique and art come together to light up a drink which awakens all our senses”.
“The world of wine awakens me, it lights up my weeks and puts a smile on my face even on Monday mornings. Working with wine doesn’t feel so much like work, rather a wonderful way of enjoying daily life.”
“A visit to Bodegas Carchelo is much more than welcoming visitors, it is contagious with the emotion of the project, sharing with them the winemaking process and instructing them to enjoy in a simple way the most important steps to taste good wines. Experiences that make us unique”.
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