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Yuntero's 2008 Reserve Selection, Silver medal at the 2014 Bacchus awards

March 26, 2014

Organized by the Spanish Union of Tasters, it is one of the Spanish wine events that enjoy great international prestige as it is recognized by the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) and is part of VINOFED, the federation that makes up , worldwide, the most reputable competitions in the sector.

In this XXII edition of the international Bacchus 2014 competition, which took place in Madrid from March 14 to 18, nearly 1,600 samples have been presented, from around twenty countries. For five days they were examined by one hundred international expert tasters. This jury, made up of specialized journalists, sommeliers, oenologists, Masters of Wine and Masters of Sommelier, has awarded a Silver medal to the 2008 Selección Reserva red wine from Bodegas Yuntero.

Last February, two other wines from this La Mancha winery were awarded Gold medals in the prestigious international competition Berliner Wein Trophy 2014: the organic Mundo de Yuntero Blanco 2013 and the Epílogo Blanco 2013, both with Designation of Origin La Mancha.

These awards, added to the numerous medals that Bodegas Yuntero achieved throughout 2013 and the excellent rating given -that same year- to three of its wines by the American critic Robert Parker, represent great recognition for the constant work and permanent commitment for the quality of the winery, which in 2014 celebrates sixty years since its foundation.

Yuntero Reserva Selection 2008 (Bacchus Silver Medal 2014)
With the La Mancha Designation of Origin, it is made 100% with the Tempranillo grape variety. It has a long maceration with fermentation at a temperature of 24-25° C. After this process, it is aged for twelve months in mixed oak barrels (French oak bottoms and American oak staves). Before being marketed, it spends two years in the bottle.

Cherry red in color, with a brick-like color, it has great aromatic complexity, highlighting the spicy and balsamic notes of its aging in barrels, as well as roasted notes of coffee and mocha. In the mouth, it is a very round, smooth and elegant wine, with very sweet tannins, and great persistence.

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QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SAFETY POLICY

At Bodegas Yuntero we consider essential the development of a Quality, Environmental and Food Safety Management System, based on the Standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and in the BRC and IFS Food Safety Protocols, in order to certify the safe production of our wines, complying with the legal and regulatory requirements that are applicable in our wine production, aging, bottling and marketing activities, and with those established by the client, and other requirements that the organization subscribes, related to its environmental aspects and occupational health and safety hazards.

The Winery supports all staff in the maintenance and continuous improvement of the system, considering each worker as the protagonist of the most important phase of the service of a company of recognized Quality, also promoting responsibility towards the environment.

Bodegas Yuntero, through its Integrated Management System, allows patents, its concern and permanent commitment to Quality and the Environment and to achieve a guarantee for the future of our planet that only competitive, sustainable organizations at the forefront of the market can offer.

Our work is based on the following fundamental pillars:

  • Elaborate top quality products and that they meet the expectations of the interested parties, that they are innocuous, legal and authentic, adjusting to the specified quality, as well as assuming their responsibility towards their clients. This is achieved by defining a clear plan to drive the development and continuous improvement of a culture of quality and food safety.
  • Respect, before their employees, equal opportunityand treatment, their privacy, their freedom from opinion, to guarantee a safe and healthy work environment, the necessary training, employment stability, fair remuneration, as well as avoiding forms of psychological persecution.
  • Offer our customers a Quality service, within the agreed period, maintain due confidentiality and respect for the privacy of thier data, adopt an attitude of honesty and have procedures for handling suggestions and claims
  • Promote in all employees a greater degree of solidarity, responsibility, social participation and the culture of quality and food safety.
  • Manage effectively and efficiently, by making its business activity compatible with the exercise of its social responsibility.
  • Correct and precise definition of the procedures, responsibilities and functions to follow in all departments.
  • Compliance with all the legal requirements and applicable regulations, and other requirements that the organization subscribes.
  • Promotion of qualitu, environmental and food safety, at all comany levels, providing adequate training for all the staff.
  • Prevention, control and minimization of the environmental effects generated in the environment, originated from our activity.
  • Promotion of the implementation of segregation programs at the origin of waste, to favor its subsequent reuse and/or proper disposal.
  • Arrange the delivery of our products in a way that causes the lowest possible environmental impact , always making sure that the products reach our customers in suitable packaging that complies with the applicable environmental regulations.
  • It considers environmental criteria a priority in decision-making, and studying at all times the best environmental technology available, thus modernizing our processes to increase their effectiveness in a reasonable period of time and where necessary.

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