Alceño Bodegas

In the mid-nineteenth century, the upheavals produced in European viticulture by the phylloxera plague caused the rapid extension of vineyard cultivation in the Jumilla region, which at that time was not a first-rate viticultural center as it is today. In 1870 and taking advantage of these new circumstances, an enterprising wine broker named Roque Martínez founded, together with two partners, the first commercial winery in Jumilla. His son Pedro Luis Martínez García, already alone, made the family business prosper during the first half of the following century in such a way that, to this day, the name "Pedro Luis Martínez" is synonymous with quality wines, business solvency and business honesty. In 1929 his mistelas won the Grand Prize at the Universal Exhibition of Barcelona. At that time, the winery could house a total of 300,000 liters of wine, obtained through the procedures of the time: treading the grapes in the presses, pressing the pomace in vertical presses, and stored and aging in wooden barrels. In 1957 the ownership and management of the winery passed to the next generation. In this period, the winery expanded its capacity to reach a capacity of 3,500,000 liters, acquired new buildings, expanded the old ones, and was modernized in technical means; belonging to the D.O. JUMILLA since its founding. In 1983, the company became a Limited Company, whose shareholders were entirely direct descendants of the founder. The management remained within the family environment. In 2011 the winery was acquired by the BASTIDA FAMILY, changing the commercial name to Bodega Alceno, and providing new wisdom and adapting the wines to the consumer, maintaining the same philosophy of the winery, where investments were made and continue to be made to adapt the winery to the new consumer trends, currently has modern winemaking techniques, In recent years, adapting to the times and market trends, BODEGAS ALCENO SA The concept of single varietal production is changing, such as the native Monastrell variety, and it also produces wines from the coupage of varieties such as Tempranillo, Syrah, Garnacha, Garnacha Tintorera, Cabernet Sauvingon, in reds and Sauvignon blanc, Verdejo, Airen and Macabeo in whites. , not ruling out Rosés, sweets with natural carbon dioxide, etc. and being the first winery in Jumilla to elaborate the first Champanoise Rosé de Monastrell method, the current management and technical team of the winery, which has been directed since 1997 by the oenologist D. Juan Miguel Benítez García, has not given up in its effort to experiment new wines with which to break into the national and international market firmly and decisively. As a result of this effort is the launch of its first bottled wine, made from the Syrah, Tempranillo and Monastrell varieties, which is marketed under the name "ALCENO" and is available in White, Rosé, Red and Selección (wines, the latter , subjected to its refining in new American and French oak wood), all of them awarded both nationally and internationally by different associations and competitions.