ESENCIA WINES IS THE FUSION OF BOTH; CASA DE LA ERMITA AND HACIENDA DEL CARCHE WINERIES. BOTH WINERIES BELONG NOW TO THE SAME FAMILY WHICH IS THE FIFTH GENERATION OF WINEMAKING. THE WINERIES ARE LOCATED IN JUMILLA, MURCIA, SOUTHEAST COAST OF SPAIN. OUR WINES ARE STATE BOTTLED. WE PRODUCE AUTHENTIC TERROIR WINES FROM OUR 300 HAS. PROPERTIES. JUMILLA IS KNOWN AS THE MONASTRELL KINGDOM WIHTIN SPAIN AS 80-85% OF THE MONASTRELL GROWN IN SPAIN IS GROWN IN JUMILLA. JUMILLA IS 60 KM STRAIGHT LINE TO THE MURCIAN MEDITERRANEA COAST. THE ROLLING HILLS BETWEEN THE COAST AND THE VINEYARDS PROTECTS US FROM THE RAIN. WE HAVE 285 DAYS OF SUN A YEAR IT IS WERE THE IBERIAN PLATEAU STARTS. WE OWN VINEYARDS AT DIFFERENT ALTITUDES, FROM 200M TO 600M ABOVE SEE LEVEL. THE DIFFERENT ALTITUDE AND LOCATION TOWARDS THE ROLLING HILLS MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE YIELD, RIPENESS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRODUCTION. OUR OLDER VINEYARD AGES 75 YEARS (MONASTRELL) AND IT IS LOCATED AT THE HIGHEST POINT OUR OUR PROPERTY (600M) WITH REALLY DEEP ROOTS ON A SANDY AND LIMESTONE SOIL WHICH PROVIDE AND AMAZING MINERAL TOUCH TO THE WINE. THE FAMILY’S TRADITION OF WINEMAKING, DATING BACK TO THE 19TH CENTURY, AND ALL THE NEW CONCEPTS OF GROWING, PRODUCING AND AGING HAD BEEN UNITED IN THE BIRTH OF ESENCIA WINES. IT IS LOCATED IN THE FAMOUS AND PROTECTED NATURAL PARK “SIERRA DEL CARCHE”. OUR CLIMATE IS OUR BEST ALLIED AS IT MAKES EVERY YEAR THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS ONE AND THEREFORE WE CAN WORK UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS AVOIDING THE QUALITY FLUCTUATION COMPARE TO OTHER PRODUCING REGIONS OF THE WORLD.