I am trying to fathom why this one was of my best visits to a winery ever, up there with a visit years ago to Valdespino in Jerez. Was it because it was so difficult to find and only by a little act of serendipity did we get there? Was it because of the natural modesty and unforced hospitality of the winemaker/owner Felipe or was it the very individual and powerfully characterful nature of the wines? Or perhaps it was it the poetic nature in which the wines were named after great works of literature – Ulysses, The Red and the Black - and famous arias - Una Furtiva Lagrima, all of which touched a chord in me. These are wines of passion and soul, something a little rarer than marketeers would have you think.   more »