Winner Announcement
June 10, 2025
Judging Date
May 18, 2026
Registration Opens
August 1, 2025
Tempranillo
Vintage 2021
92 Points
Shiraz / Syrah
Vintage 2021
92 Points
Chardonnay
Vintage 2022
82 Points
Viognier
Vintage 2022
81 Points
THE WINERY Pago Finca Élez is located in El Bonillo, at the foot of the Sierra de Alcaraz. The estate has 38.7 hectares of vineyards distributed among 4 plots located in the vicinity of the winery and cultivated at an altitude of around 1000 metres above sea level. -
HEIGHT: among the highest in Spain, being planted at an altitude of around 1000 metres above sea level. -
VINO DE PAGO, is a protected Denomination of Origin, - The term "Vino de Pago" is the most unique category of a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) in Spain. A Pago is a place with a special soil composition and climate, which clearly differs from other areas in its surroundings.Finca Élez was the first Pago out of 24 in total.
ECO: Long tradition cultivating vineyards and producing organic wines since 2014.according to European Union Standards, though.
VINOS DE FINCA: Wines exclusively from our 38.7 hectares of vineyards and produced in our own winery. - SOILS: Developed from very fragmented dolomitic limestone bedrock. Shallow, poor and well-drained soils.
CLIMATE: Extreme microclimate: marked by altitude, not exempt from climatic risks, but very favourable for growing quality grapes.
TEAM: Javier García Alonso, Carlos Sánchez Sánchez and Miguel Ángel Benito Novillo, an expert team of oenologists, with a long history of winemaking in the most exclusive terroirs in other regions.