Bodegas Castaño - Hécula Organic Yecla Monastrell 2022

Bodegas Castaño - Hécula Organic Yecla Monastrell 2022Ramn Castao Santa, founder of Bodegas Castao, started making his first wines in bulk in 1950. Pioneer in the use of the Monastrell grape, he extended the family heritage with the purchase of new vineyard sites. As his three children, Ramn, Juan Pedro, and Daniel entered the family business, Bodegas Castao began a phase of innovation and expansion to markets outside Spain. The poor limestone soils are the natural terroir for the dry farmed Monastrell

and Malvasia

Phylloxera had devastated most of the world’s top winegrowing regions

Il vigneto Colombara

the éminence grise of Bordeaux winemaking

Ivan explored the wine regions of Europe and returned home to New Zealand to plant a small vineyard and marry Christine

vintage after vintage

as well as careful

Freixenet had been born

orientation towards quality

Champagne Agrapart’s base wines (vins clairs) taste very much like finished wines

and Stefano Bottega

young soils lain over glacial till