Event

Every Thursday from 4:00 until 8:00 pm we open a special bottle of wine and offer to you at a highly discounted price.
The wines are typically 90 points or better and are discounted 20-40%. Sometimes even more! when we can get special pricing from our vendors , we pass the savings along to you!!
Come in on Thursday and sample. If you can't make it, call us and we can put some aside for you!! 
(All purchases must be accompanied by a credit card.)

PREMIUM
50 
BARRICAS
ALCENO
SYRAH

2012  Jumilla, Spain 

Yes, Syrah from Spain – Jumilla, specifically. But it’s just a jaunt up the coast to southern France, where the red variety rises to its greatest glory in the Rhône Valley. 85% Syrah 15% Monastrell  The 50 Barricas means the wine was blended from a selection of 50 barrels, aged for 6 months in new French and American oak.

92 Points! - The Wine Advocate 

"The 2012 Alceno Premium, produced with Syrah grapes and with 15% Monastrell from stony, calcareous soils, is a selection of 50 barrels which aged in barrique for six months. Purple-colored, clean, fresh, expressive, with notes of smoky bacon, some peat, wood well-integrated, supple, balanced and with good acidity. It reminds me of a Mediterranean rendition of a Crozes-Hermitage. Clean and delineated. Silky texture integrated. 20,000 bottles. It represents good value and a good balance between youth and complexity. I’d drink it on the young side, to enjoy the exuberance of its fruit." 

 Elsewhere at $18.99
Our Regular price $16.99

Special Sale Price 

$11.00 by the bottle

 $54.00 per six pack ($9.00 per bottle!)
Call us, at

703-668-WINE (9463)
 

Our Thoughts on this wine.....

The first impression is perfumed red fruit, with a chewy core of plum and blackberry balanced by black pepper and lively acidity. The 50 Alceno drinks well above its price point, the blend is aged in new and American oak barrels for a few months. The wine shows a nice balance of ripe fruit, spices and oak notes. Reminiscent of Syrah from the Rhone, the nose is fresh and bright with aromas of smoke, raspberry, and bacon fat. Braised red meats, such as short ribs or lamb shanks, would do it proud. 

Bodegas Alceno is a traditional family-owned winery located in Jumilla, considered to be the first winery in the DO to market wines commercially. The winery has been in operation since 1870 and was the first commercial winery in Spain's Jumilla region.
Nowadays, the winery is owned by Bastida family and counts with new and modern techniques of wine making adapting the facilities and the whole process of elaboration to the latest quality demands. The taste of our wines is fit to our clients’ demand, so we can bring a part of our passion to their palate.
 

A bit about Jumilla…….  

Jumilla is a Spanish D.O.P. wine region located two thirds the way down the country on the east coast and covers the northern area of Murcia, including the municipality of Jumilla - from which it takes its name and the adjoining southeast area of Albacete province in the Castile-La Mancha region.
The D.O.P. Jumilla (Protected Denomination of Origin) wine region comprises over 30,000ha of vineyards, of which 45% are located in the town of Jumilla and connects over 3000 registered grape-growers across the entire region. The region has 44 registered wineries (Bodegas), of which 80-85% are producing bottled wines - with the region producing around 24 million litres of wine annually.
   
Jumilla wines have a very rich history, as winemaking can be traced back to the Greeks and continued with the Romans until the Muslim invasion. Murcia was a very strong Muslim city (being called Mursiya) and following the Quran laws, the consumption of alcohol was banned. With most of the vines being pulled-out and the ones which remained were only used for fruit and Arrope (a thick sweet grape syrup).
After the expulsion or removal of the Moors, wine production re-commenced. However, trade was slow and very weak so during the 16th century winemaking was only practiced by a few passionate families. It was during the 17th century that Jumilla finally started to produce enough wine to sell.
During the phylloxera plague in the late 19th century, the region somehow escaped infection so a period of economic growth followed as wine merchants from France came to buy wine. For this reason vines were never grafted onto resistant rootstock as was the case for the rest of Europe. However the phylloxera pest unexpectedly struck in 1989, devastating vineyards and reducing production by 60% over the coming years. Grafting and re-planting was slow but allowed the region to introduce new methods of viticulture and winemaking. Before the more recent update of wine classifications and the D.O.P status - Jumilla is one of the oldest (Designated Origin) D.O.’s in Spain having acquired its official status in 1966.