The grapes were macerated for 3 hours before fermenting at low temperature (16°C) in new French Allier oak barrels, remaining with their lees and yeast until February. Enrique Mendoza opted for its beginnings with foreign varieties, but its roots in the territory have made a stop at the native variety Monastrell. Aroma typical of the Chardonnay variety with hints of smoke from its fermentation in barrels. On the palate it is broad and has a good balance between acidity, alcoholic strength and barrel. Long and harmonious aftertaste. In Alicante it was the Iberians who began to cultivate the vine. Currently the work is simpler, intervening in the vineyard in a minimal way so that it lives another centuries. The vineyards are part of the environment and the landscape that surrounds it. At Bodegas Enrique Mendoza, the challenge is to make wines in such a way that you can recognize our sun, our light, Mediterranean character and humanity. With the right attitude, experience and team, this journey is becoming more attractive than it seemed. Finca El Chaconero or 'Las Tierras del Charco de Enero'. The first documents that refer to cultivation on our farm date back to the 16th century. They say that it rained so much between the months of September and October that their land remained dammed up until January, hence its name 'Las Tierras del Charco de Enero'. The Finca El Chaconero is located in the district of Las Virtudes, next to the Virgen de las Virtudes Sanctuary, to the west of Villena; called by the oldest of the place 'Las Quebradas' due to its edaphology, the subsoil strata are not found horizontally but obliquely, with which the result is a large number of small plots with totally different soils. On the same farm we can find gravel, sandy loam and totally sandy soils. The farm El Chaconero is considered ZEPA (Special Protection Area for Birds) due to its environmental importance, it is a surface protected included in the Natura 2000 Network of the European Union. 2 km away we find the Lagunas de Villena, a Protected Natural Area that allows the observation of different species throughout the year such as the Little Plovers, Stilt , Vultures, Royal Shrikes, Marsh Terrenas, Wheatears or Bee-eaters.

The grapes were macerated for 3 hours before fermenting at low temperature (16°C) in new French Allier oak barrels, remaining with their lees and yeast until February.

Enrique Mendoza opted for its beginnings with foreign varieties, but its roots in the territory have made a stop at the native variety Monastrell.

Aroma typical of the Chardonnay variety with hints of smoke from its fermentation in barrels. On the palate it is broad and has a good balance between acidity, alcoholic strength and barrel. Long and harmonious aftertaste.

In Alicante it was the Iberians who began to cultivate the vine. Currently the work is simpler, intervening in the vineyard in a minimal way so that it lives another centuries.

The vineyards are part of the environment and the landscape that surrounds it. At Bodegas Enrique Mendoza, the challenge is to make wines in such a way that you can recognize our sun, our light, Mediterranean character and humanity.

With the right attitude, experience and team, this journey is becoming more attractive than it seemed.

Finca El Chaconero or 'Las Tierras del Charco de Enero'. The first documents that refer to cultivation on our farm date back to the 16th century.

They say that it rained so much between the months of September and October that their land remained dammed up until January, hence its name 'Las Tierras del Charco de Enero'.

The Finca El Chaconero is located in the district of Las Virtudes, next to the Virgen de las Virtudes Sanctuary, to the west of Villena; called by the oldest of the place 'Las Quebradas' due to its edaphology, the subsoil strata are not found horizontally but obliquely, with which the result is a large number of small plots with totally different soils. On the same farm we can find gravel, sandy loam and totally sandy soils.

The farm El Chaconero is considered ZEPA (Special Protection Area for Birds) due to its environmental importance, it is a surface protected included in the Natura 2000 Network of the European Union.

2 km away we find the Lagunas de Villena, a Protected Natural Area that allows the observation of different species throughout the year such as the Little Plovers, Stilt , Vultures, Royal Shrikes, Marsh Terrenas, Wheatears or Bee-eaters.