GARCIARÉVALO CASTILLA Y LEÓN, SPAIN

Garciarevalo is a tight-knit, family owned winery producing some of the most vibrant white wines in Spain while breathing economic life into their small village of one thousand inhabitants. Established in 1991 by Jose Antonio Arévalo and Benicio Garcia in their native town of Matapozuelos, in the heart of the Rueda wine region in Castilla y León, Spain. They understood they had something extraordinary in their centenary vineyards of indigenous verdejo, which had always been famous for giving the best grapes in the Rueda appellation. While many newcomers to the region planted the trendy sauvignon blanc, Garciarévalo has always protected and exalted their indigenous verdejo variety. Their estate vineyards consist primarily of vines of over 100 years old, including a plot of pre-phylloxera verdejo vines over 130 years old, all planted in the traditional bush-vine system.