{"id":1799,"date":"2011-06-19T17:39:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/wine-tour-to-arcos-de-la-frontera-3\/"},"modified":"2021-12-04T12:51:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T12:51:22","slug":"wine-tour-to-arcos-de-la-frontera-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/?p=1799","title":{"rendered":"Wine tour to Arcos de la Frontera (III)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought that it was time to write up on the wine tour that I run to Arcos de la Frontera, especially as I have been there quite a few times recently; on Thursday (16th June) I took two Australian women there. The winery that I go to is to the east of Arcos and is in a wonderful setting. The main grape that they grow is Syrah, along with smaller quantities of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and a local grape, Tintilla de Rota (related to the Graciano grape from La Rioja). In the first photo below you can see one of the vineyard workers doing some weeding.<\/p>\n

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In the second photo you can see some Syrah grapes which are already a good size.<\/p>\n

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The next photo is a view over the tops of the vines to a nearby reservoir.<\/p>\n

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\nThe winery ferments its top wines in truncated cone vats made from French oak. These are more costly and involve a lot more labour, as during the alcoholic fermentation the skins that rise to the surface are punched down manually using a special stainless still device.<\/p>\n

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All of the winery’s red wines are barrel aged. The period of ageing is from 5 months to around 17-18 months for the top wine. All the oak used is from France. Below is a photo of the barrel room.<\/p>\n

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The last photo in the winery shows my clients during the wine tasting at the end of the visit.<\/p>\n

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The beautiful white town of Arcos de la Frontera is situated on a ridge with cliffs on either side, giving it a very dramatic setting. Below are two photos taken from either side of the ridge.<\/p>\n

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We had lunch at a great local spot in Arcos before wandering around the narrow streets and enjoying the fantastic views from the Plaza del Cabildo and other look out points.<\/p>\n

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wine tour to Arcos de la Frontera<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought that it was time to write up on the wine tour that I run to Arcos de la Frontera, especially as I have been there quite a few times recently; on Thursday (16th June) I took two Australian women there. The winery that I go to is to the east of Arcos and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aqot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3276,"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1799\/revisions\/3276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aqot.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}