This is how we think
100 year old vines
We have the obligation to protect this Sierra de Francia Natural Park where our vines are almost hidden, so we grow organically, taking advantage of the altitude of up to 900 metres, which brings freshness, elegance and colour, as well as the extraordinary ageing of the Rufete and Tempranillo vines. Many of the vines are among the oldest in Spain, between 80 and 120 years old.
Researching local grapes
We have been able to rescue almost extinct grapes such as the Calabrese, a variety of which we located only 36 specimens of more than 100 years old, or to make known the rufete and the white rufete of which fortunately there are still some old vines scattered in small vineyards in the Sierra de Francia.
Demanding harvest
This landscape is unique for growing aragonese (local tempranillo), rufete and calabrese vines under optimum conditions. Each plot is harvested as many times as there are types of grapes in each one of them, in order to harvest them at their optimum ripeness. The selection is first carried out in the vineyard by the grape pickers themselves, who carefully hand-pick only the healthy and ripe bunches. A second selection is then made at the winery where the grapes arrive in small boxes with a maximum of 16 kg of fruit.
Ecological in principle
All wines carry the European certified organic label. We respect our ecosystem by being integrated into the forest, maintaining the soil structure, providing shelter to countless animal and plant species and of course not using herbicides, insecticides or chemical fertilisers. The vines maintain a vegetation cover all year round, helping to maintain biodiversity and biological balance in the soil and on the surface. In winter it provides food for sheep, which in turn fertilise the soil, the legumes fix nitrogen, and in spring the flowers attract thousands of pollinating insects. Pests are avoided thanks to the balance provided by so much biodiversity.
In the winemaking process the yeasts are indigenous, the pumping over in the winery is done by a gravity-loaded tank, and no pumps are used at any time. The winery has an installation of solar panels that generates 30 kw, which produces more energy than is consumed.
Production per plot
The winery was specially designed to vinify each plot individually in tanks of between 1,000 and 8,000 litres. In the aging room we have barrels of 300 and 500 liters of French oak. Each barrel is bottled individually.
Our wines are the natural reflection of each plot. In order to maintain the best expression of the grape and its terroir, we do not filter, clarify or stabilize the wines. Sulphites are minimal, below half of what is established by European regulations for organic wines.
Natural winemaking with minimal intervention is possible thanks to the very high quality of the grapes from the Cámbrico vineyards. Each vintage is unique, at Cámbrico we do not intervene with added substances so that each wine reflects the climatology of each vintage and terroir. You will not find a wine like any other, that is why each vintage is different, just as our landscape translates.
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Get to know the essence of our wine heritage recovery project. This is not a regular winery visit, is an exploration of the most forgotten wine-growing territory and a reminder of the Roman legacy and of the elders of the Sierra de Francia.