Finca Moncloa works consistently to recover an almost forgotten tradition: red wine in the province of Cádiz. The winery is reviving the indigenous Tintilla de Rota and aims to make the Arcos de la Frontera estate a leading name in these wonderful Spanish wines that date back to the 16th century.
Recovering the tradition of great red wine in Arcos de la Frontera.
Finca Moncloa
Finca Moncloa is a firm commitment to recovering lost winemaking traditions. The positive results of the tests in experimental white and red variety plots we have conducted since1972 led to the purchase of 45 hectares in the Arcos de la Frontera area in 2000, where we have planted red varieties for the production of high-quality wine.
These wines are the result of the firm desire to recover this grape variety used in the 19th century. It almost died out in Marco de Jerez due to the expansion of Palomino monoculture used in the production of Brandy and Fino.
There is a vineyard in a corner of Cádiz, in Arcos de la Frontera, where an almost-forgotten memory has been revived. The revival is happening at Finca Moncloa, the winery that has started making red wine again in an area where it was commonly made long ago, in the 16th century. The winery has also brought the age-old Tintilla de Rota grape variety back into production, a variety that had almost become extinct yet was grown on a significant expanse of land around the town of Rota and other townships in the Cádiz area in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The winery is now introducing ...