2021 | Vina Cerron | La Servil

Representing a harmonious blend of tradition and innovation, La Servil is an expressive red wine with a pronounced fruit character, beautifully complemented by its remarkable mineral complexity.

Producer Information

Terroir is knocking on Jumilla’s door. After shifting from bulk to bottled wine, it is now time to capture its distinctive landscapes. The Cerdán family, who pioneered organic farming in this area of Spain’s southeast, has a clear idea of what comes next for a region that boasts a rich heritage of old, ungrafted vineyards. Juanjo Cerdán, fourth generation together with siblings Lucía and Carlos, tells the story of how smallholdings originated in Fuente Álamo (Albacete), the village where his family settled decades ago. It dates back to the days after Spain’s land confiscations in the early 19th century, when, facing a lack of cash flow, landowners gave some of their worst sites to labourers. These were mostly terraced or had poor soils in elevated areas that were difficult to tend. As almond and olive trees were more prone to frost, vines were the chosen crop hence viticulture practices were unproductive and somewhat extreme. "Each family had a small cellar of their own where they produced three or four tinajas, which they used to sell in Alicante and Jumilla. At the end of the 19th century, my great-grandparents farmed small plots -barely 0.2 and 0.3 hectares," Juanjo points out as we tour some of Cerrón’s most significant vineyards. His grandparents lived through the Civil War and witnessed the emergence of the cooperative movement in the 1950s. Wine, which was made at home until then, was now being blended in large tanks. According to Juanjo, the wine produced at the Fuente Álamo cooperative was well regarded. Given the village's elevation and the diversity of soils, it was possible to produce harmonious reds with a good balance between alcohol and acidity.

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