Bodegas Silvano García
Visit of the Bodegas Silvano García winery in Jumilla city (Murcia, Spain).
Visit done in December 2017
The winery
Silvano Garcia is one of the few Bodegas (wineries) still remaining within the Jumilla city limits.
These barrel stacks below are a reminder of the kind of business most of the local Bodegas use to do: sell cheap wine in bulk (by the litter).
Nowadays the region focuses more in quality wine and modernized all the production line.
Facilities
You can find below a few samples of the equipment used in the winery:
- Concrete vat: with the wine deposit on the wall. This is an unused one but the winery still uses similar ones located around the area.
- Labeling machine
- Bottling machine
- General view of equipments
- Destemming/crushing machine
- Barrel room
Aromas Room
They have created on their second floor an interesting aroma room where people can discover and learn the different wines aromas: the good ones and the faulty ones.
The tasted wines
Our tasting included the following (right to left):
- Silvano García BLUE
White wine, 11.5%
Variety: Moscatel - Viñahonda BLANCO
White wine, 12.5%
Variety: Macabeo - Viñahonda ROSADO
Rose wine, DO Jumilla, 13%
Variety: Monastrell - Viñahonda TINTO ORGANIC
Red wine, Organic, 13.5%
Variety: Monastrell - Silvano García 4 MESES
Red wine, 14%
4 months in French and American oak
Variety: Monastrell - Dulce Monastrell
Red wine, sweet, 15.5%
Harvest late October
Variety: Monastrell - Dulce Moscatel
White wine, sweet, 15%
Cold temperature maceration
Variety: Moscatel
Links
Bodega Official Website: https://silvanogarcia.com/en/home/
Jumilla DOP official website: http://vinosdejumilla.org/en/dop-jumilla/
Jumilla city official website: http://www.jumilla.org/index.asp
Murcia Region DOPs: Murcia DOs