The Fantastic Wines of Rubén Díaz

Rubén Díaz - courtesy of Sobremesa Website

Rubén Díaz owns some of the best vineyards in the Gredos region, a mountain range west of Madrid. Most of his vineyards are located in the municipality of Cebreros, but he also owns a vineyard located in the remote part of the Gredos, called San Bartolomé de Pinares. Using the local grapes and winemaking traditions, Rubén has been instrumental in the re-birth of this wine region.

The Gredos mountains are known for their high altitude (1200+ meters) and beautiful rocky steep slopes. Immensely mineral with decomposed granite and schist soils, the Gredos provide a range of unprecedented elegance and  diversity for the autochthonous grape Garnacha, offering some of the most complex bouquets with electric acidity and grippy tannins.

A native of the Gredos, Rubén's first career was as a broker of land of use rights and decided to be a winemaker in 1998. Rubén became so passionate about it that he is now deemed to be an expert in winemaking in the Gredos.

With minimal intervention in the cellar and no use of pesticide, Rubén aims at showing, as much as possible, the terroir of the Gredos (especially from Cebreros, where schist and slate cut through the granite) in his wines to create multitude expressions of Garnacha. This diversity of profiles is evidenced by the Garnacha wines we are offering under this email. In addition, Rubén focuses on the white grapes of Albillo Real and Chasselas Doré to create exciting white wines of various styles: under flor (the veil of yeast that protects the wine from oxidization), skin macerated wine (orange wine), and vibrant and bright wine.

We are thrilled to offer the new selection of Rubén's fantastic wines and have restocked on the sensational Cuesta del Tejar. We also still have a few of the wines that Rubén made with the collaboration of Orly Lumbreras under the label RuBor.

-Caroline Coursant