The wines of the Jesús del Perdón-Bodegas Yuntero Cooperative received a total of thirteen medals in different national and international competitions held in the wine sector throughout 2013. In addition, during this year, three of the Bodegas Yuntero wines achieved an excellent score by the famous American wine critic Robert Parker. All of this means recognition of the constant work and permanent commitment to quality of this La Mancha winery, which in 2014 celebrates its sixty-year anniversary.
In 2013, three of Bodegas Yuntero's wines -Epílogo Blanco 2012, Epílogo Roble 2011 and the organic Mundo Tempranillo 2012- were reviewed by the influential American wine critic Robert M. Parker, who gave them a score of 90, 89 and 90. respectively. This is an excellent assessment considering that the Parker scale goes from 50 to 100 points. The wines of Bodegas Yuntero have thus been recommended by the prestigious publication The Wine Advocate, a benchmark for the wine sector directed by Parker.
International recognition
Four gold, six silver and three bronze medals make up the set of awards obtained by Bodegas Yuntero in 2013. In the field of international competitions, it is worth noting the Gold Medal for Yuntero Reserva 2007 wine awarded in the prestigious Vinalies Internationales contest which is organized by the Union of Oenologists of France and to which, in the last edition alone, 3,500 samples from all over the world were presented.
Likewise, the Epilogue Roble 2011 wine won a gold medal in the Challenge International du Vin competition in France, the oldest competition of this type held in the neighboring country. Of the 4,360 participating wines in this 37th edition, only 368 were awarded the gold medal. Epilogue Roble 2011 also won the silver medal at the 20th edition of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, which took place in Bratislava (Slovakia) and to which more than 8,000 wines from 50 countries were presented.
Also of great relevance are the gold and silver medals awarded, respectively, to the red wines Mundo Tempranillo 2012 and Epilogue Roble 2011 at the 17th edition of the Berliner Wein Trophy contest.
national awards
At the national level, the Regulatory Council of the La Mancha Denomination of Origin awarded bronze medals to the Yuntero Rosado 2012 and the organic Mundo Tempranillo 2012 wines. The latter, in its white wine version, won a silver medal in the Ecovino national awards organized by the Government of La Rioja, in which only wines from organic vineyards are admitted to the competition. In 2014, it will be 20 years since Bodegas Yuntero presented its line of Mundo wines to the market, the first 100% organic wines made in Castilla-La Mancha.
On the other hand, the wines Yuntero Reserva 2007, Epílogo Blanco 2012, Epílogo Roble 2011 and Lazarillo Blanco 2012 won various medals in the national contest Premios Zarcillo of the Junta de Castilla y León, and in the regional Airén por el Mundo and Regional Contest of Quality of wines from the Regional Country Fair of Castilla-La Mancha (FERCAM).
60 years harvesting wine
In 2014 it will be 60 years since the Jesús del Perdón-Bodegas Yuntero Cooperative was established in Manzanares (Ciudad Real) by 102 winegrowing partners from the area. Today there are already 700, with a total extension of vineyards of 6,000 hectares. White wines are produced from these vineyards, both in their conventional and organic versions, with the Airén, Macabeo, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay grape varieties; and Red wines with the Cencibel, Cabernet, Merlot and Syrah varieties.
Bodegas Yuntero thus offers a wide range of bottled wines: Young, Crianza, Reserve and Organic under four Denominations (D.O. La Mancha Wines, Tierra de Castilla Wines, Organic Wines, Table Wines). The currently registered brands form a wide range prepared for the different markets: Yuntero, Lazarillo, Casa de la Teja, Cesta de Frutas, Viña Altair, Mundo de Yuntero, Cultus, Ídolo and Epilogue.
Currently, the wines of Bodegas Yuntero are marketed in 18 countries in Europe, the Far East and Australia.
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