Surface area 70 ha.
Natural since 2001

About the winemaker
Julian Ruiz is recognized in Spain as one of the pioneers of orange wine a style his family was making for generations, as he likes to say, “long before everyone else started doing it.”

About the vineyard
Julian Ruiz oversees a remarkable operation in Castilla-La Mancha, managing over 150 hectares of farmland, with about 70 hectares dedicated to organic vineyards. Many of the vines here are extremely old and ungrafted; phylloxera never took hold, thanks to the sandy soils that dominate the La Mancha plateau. With such veteran vines, yields are incredibly low, and everything is cultivated under organic and partly biodynamic principles, reflecting a deep commitment to sustainable viticulture and biodynamic winemaking in this demanding landscape.

About the wines
Julian’s wines are unapologetically bold shaped by long skin contact and extended exposure to oxygen, particularly for the orange and red cuvées. These methods require intensive labor and lengthy cellar work, processes that would typically drive up prices. Yet, Julian’s wines remain strikingly accessible. Here are true small-scale, low-intervention wines from a region known for its extremes wines for adventurous palates at an extraordinary value.

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