The vineyards of Castilla-La Mancha are set out on a large plain with loose and healthy soil, clearly suitable for vines. With a limestone – clay composition, its lithological characteristics vary depending on the zone, a factor that favours its own diversity and that of the agricultural produce.

Although it is a southern zone, its latitude is compensated by an altitude that exceeds 600 metres above sea level, and in some areas reaches 900 and even 1,000 metres; consequently, its climate is suitable for obtaining wines of high quality: a Mediterranean climate with continental degradation, marked seasons and considerable contrasts in temperature (daily and seasonal), which is a very favourable factor for the production of aromas. The lack of rain is compensated by abundant aquifers and by the present conversion of a good part of the vines, as well as new plantations, with the installation of drip watering systems and trellises, which permit, among other things, mechanised harvesting and rationalisation of other tasks.The light, a fundamental factor in the physiological nature of the vine, is totally favourable in this region. If  Spanish vines receive, in general terms, more than 2,500 light hours, those of Castilla-La Mancha some thousand more, a circumstance that some have defined as “viticulture by light.”

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