The wine ‘Misterio de Fontana Roble 2006’ (Uclés Appellation) awarded with a ‘Gran Selección 2007’ prize

It is the first wine from Bodegas Fontana under the young appellation

The Agriculture Department of the Autonomic Government of Castilla-La Mancha grants the ‘Gran Selección Awards’ since 1990, in order to acknowledge the best cheeses, wines, oils, honeys and saffrons made in this autonomous region. In the 2007 edition, ‘Misterio de Fontana Roble 2006’, from Bodegas Fontana, has been one of the chosen.

The regional government of Castilla-La Mancha established these awards aiming to the promotion of the emblematic agricultural products of the region through that ones standing out for their excellence.

The awards ceremony took place on Tuesday, April 24th, at the ‘Gran Teatro de Manzanares’, with the presence of Elena Espinosa, Ministry of Agriculture. José María Barreda, president of Castilla-La Mancha, was in charge of presenting the award to Ana Cantarero, general manager of Bodegas Fontana, who showed the high value she grants to this distinction: “All our hopes are in these new wines from Uclés Appellation. This prize is a genuine reason for pride for all the people involved in the creation of this wine”, she said.

The winery from Cuenca launched last year ‘Misterio de Fontana Roble 2006’, a new wine under a new Appellation: Uclés. Wines from Uclés are characterized by a well understood modernity and for paying a great respect to the fruit, resulting in powerful, temperamental wines but finely balanced and very pleasant in the mouth.

‘Misterio de Fontana Roble 2006’ is made from Tempranillo (85%) and Syrah (15%) grapes from the Montecarbonero estate. It is a plot with ten years old vines, with low yields and an excellent microclimate. All this together results in a magnificent balance between acidity and sugar at the optimal ripening stage.

Bodegas Fontana, a familiar firm devoted to quality winemaking, stands out, since its creation in 1997, for its innovative and researching character in viticulture as well as in oenology. With the wines ‘Misterio de Fontana Joven’ and ‘Misterio de Fontana Roble’, this winery completes an outstanding range in which acclaimed ‘Quercus’, ‘Dueto de Fontana’, ‘Fontal’ and ‘Gran Fontal’ were already present.