LA COOPERATIVA DEL
CAMPO
LA UNION AB
was founded at the beginning of the 1950's, it is based in Tarazona de
La Mancha, a
small village, in the Province of Albacete, Spain. Our main objective is to
create one of the treasures of our Castilian homeland . Our wines have the
Origin Denomination "LA MANCHA",
as well as VINO DE NUESTRA TIERRA DE CASTILLA
LA MANCHA. D.O. We
count with over
5,500 Ha
of Vineyards and the most modern and adequate infrastructure for the
manufacturing, bottling and stocking process.
The Origin Denomination
LA MANCHA
covers an extension of
180.000 ha.
of vineyards, distributed between 182 municipalities of
Ciudad Real,
Toledo, Albacete y Cuenca Provinces .
La Mancha
is considered the largest wine production area in the world, it is made up of
huge natural region, that characterises for its Extreme Continental Climate and
an Extreme altitude with 700 mt above the sea level.
A large
part of our vineyards is dedicated to the white grape variety Airén,
and also of the Bobal, Pardillo, Verdoncho and Macabeo, between the red
ones we have a majority
Tempranillo,
Moravia, Garnacha and
Cabernet-Sauvignon.
The genuine wine from our Castilla-La Mancha meadows continues being the Airen,
with light yellow colour. Our red wines and clarets are clean and low in
acidity. From the Tempranillo variety, we obtain the young red or reds which
have been submitted to a moderated breeding process inside oak barrels
with
225 litres
capacity.