Since I was very young, I’ve had a real passion for wine. Being born into a family of winemakers has had a huge impact on my life. From an early age, I started to familiarize myself with the different tasks involved in winegrowing and I spent a lot of time in the cooperative winery my father was a member of. Walking in there, perceiving those heady aromas, ignited in me a curiosity that became my profession later on.

When making wine, there is no single formula that works every year. Each vintage is a challenge that we take on with courage and motivation using our knowledge and skills to determine the appropriate time of harvest based on the information obtained from various tests, including grape tasting, that take into account as many as 20 different parameters, a level of accuracy that was unthinkable until recently.

In El Carche valley, the vineyard has become the most important element when creating a wine. Grapevines are subject to region-specific factors such as soil characteristics, climate conditions and human intervention. In turn, these factors are reflected in the quality of Casa de la Ermita wines, whose distinctive personality can be enjoyed in 45 different countries around the world. In some cases, a careful and well-balanced ageing process in the right barrels helps to enhance the wine’s fruity character in a harmonious way.

After all, wine acts as a conveyor of values: patience, team work, courage, balance, stimulation, resolve, creativity and perseverance. All of these are necessary ingredients to ensure the magnificence of wine, the most interesting, most intelligent food ever created by humankind.