THE REGION ... castilla la mancha (spain)
Castilla-La Mancha, in most people's memories, evokes the adventures
of Don Quixote and his pudgy sidekick Sancho Panza. As 2005 celebrated
the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first part of Cervante’s
legendary work, their figures appear all over the place. Castilla-La
Mancha is vogue these days. And so are its wines!
This large rather flat region is comprised of five provinces. Highly agriculturally oriented, wine-production has been an essential part of life here for centuries; so much so that it is considered the largest vineyard on Earth. In the past, that didn’t say much for its quality, though. As recently as ten years ago the vast majority of these wines had earned themselves a fairly well-deserved reputation for being ordinary. But the experts had lots of faith in the enormous potential these lands possessed, and the results over the last few years have more than confirmed that suspicion. We are now before a group of regions whose ability to produce excellent wine at very competitive prices a force to be reckoned with. OUR PRODUCERS ...PAGO DE CALZADILLA |
PAGO DE CALZADILLA
Pago de Calzadilla is located at Huette in a region called Alcarria Conquense. It overlooks the Rio
Major Valley at an altitude between 900-1,000 meters above sea level. This location is called La
Calzadilla after the old Roman road called the Calzadilla Crossing. This crossing was a road
typically traveled on its way to the Mediterranean Ports of Spain. Due to the numerous deposits
of crystallized chalk found in the area the Romans built several cities in the region such as
Segobrica and Ercavica. Today Roman ruins can still be seen. |
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