Cien y Pico is our call to arms and means a 'hundred & something' in La Mancha, the southern Castilian Meseta between the Mediterranean and Madrid, the land of Don Quixote. A wide, dry, plateau 1000 metres above sea level, surrounded by mountains that offer just enough protection from the icy winters that turn directly into warm summers.
The ancient plantings of Garnacha Tintorera not only survive, but thrive in the organically poor but limestone rich, red, sandy Miocene era sedimentary clay between the rocky limestone outcrops that cover the vineyards. These ancient, gnarled, free standing bush vines grown on their own roots with just 300mmof rain a year, yielding tiny but intense crops.
The aim of Cien Y Pico is to protect and preserve these 19th Century vineyards for future generations.
The ancient plantings of Garnacha Tintorera not only survive, but thrive in the organically poor but limestone rich, red, sandy Miocene era sedimentary clay between the rocky limestone outcrops that cover the vineyards. These ancient, gnarled, free standing bush vines grown on their own roots with just 300mmof rain a year, yielding tiny but intense crops.
The aim of Cien Y Pico is to protect and preserve these 19th Century vineyards for future generations.
