The tasting experts from two committees have given the official evaluation of "very good" to the 2018 vintage DO Valdepeñas. We tell you how the campaign was in this Designation of Origin and who participated in those tastings to give the final grade. In total, the wineries registered in it collected almost 97 million kilos of grapes from some 22.000 hectares of vineyards. The weather was such that it caused a later ripening cycle. However, this did not influence the achievement of excellent grape bouquets for future wines.
This was the 2018 DO Valdepeñas harvest
This D.O. de Castilla la Mancha It stands out for "guaranteeing and recognizing a differentiated quality of the grape, as well as its traceability in the wine-making process." In this way, following this point, specialists from various professional organizations related to the wine world have tasted extracts of different strains to give the qualification.
The rigorous process has been characterized by a sensory analysis, where the Association of Sommeliers of Valdepeñas (ASUVAL), IRIAF or Association of Winemakers of Castilla-La Mancha. also UEC, the Association of Young Friends of Wine of Valdepeñas and that of winemakers from the same autonomous community. Each member has given their personalized opinion and then set a global note, among all the particular ones.
Organized in two committees different, generic wine has passed the evaluation with those expert opinions to catalog from "very good" la 2018 DO Valdepeñas harvest. In the past year, there were rains in spring and temperatures remained moderate in the summer. Both meteorological factors caused the late ripening of the bouquets, before being harvested by the grape pickers. Now, we need to know what the next bottles they will sell will be like to continue showing off their great products.
