El Cismático is part of our range celebrating the colourful life of Aragonese nobleman, Pedro de Luna, once Pope Benedict XIII in Avignon, later declared Antipope. He was declared a schismatic in 1417, hence the name of this wine.

Interestingly, Saint Andrews University in Scotland was founded by papal bulls issued by Papa Luna and the Scottish Crown recognised him as the Pope until his death.

This label was recently updated for us, by local artist Daniel Verón based on an original design by Claudio Bado Antuna/El Escocés Volante. Interestingly, Saint Andrews University in Scotland was founded by papal bulls issued by Papa Luna and the Scottish Crown was one of the few in Europe to recognise him as Pope until his death.

The label depicts our Monte Armantes vineyard where this wine originates and, hovering above, is an eagle representing Papa Luna, and a Dragon, representing the Order of the Dragon that wanted to oust him as Pope. The meeting was a disaster. These two figures appear on a baptismal font commissioned by Papa Luna which can be found today in the Cathedral at Tolosa. It is believed that Pedro de Luna wanted to convey a message about the declaration of Constanza in this font.

Mataquemada originates in an isolated part of our county, the beautiful village of Torrijo de la Cañada that used to produce 3 million kgs a few decades ago and today only two small parcels of Garnacha remain. We are incredibly lucky to be able to harvest grapes from one of these parcels, owned and worked by 83 year old José Cuenca who you can see in this video.

On this label, we wanted to celebrate the winemaking heritage of this historical village. This drawing by local artist Daniel Verón, depicts the family bodegas dug into the hillside above the village where families would make their vino casero every year. Now, many of these Bodegas have fallen into ruin but some are still used for family celebrations and village fiestas. You can see the vineyard and village in this video.

Manda Huevos is a popular saying in Spain that can mean “No way!” “Get out of here” and other things along those lines… It all began with a Latin legal term; Mandat Opus. The original meaning was along the lines of “Need dictates/necessity obliges”.

Applied to winemaking, we took that to mean that the quality of the fruit dictates the quality of the wine.” We had to make these wines as the grapes demanded.

Inspired by our local Roman history, we selected this Roman egg and dart motif to accompany this wine’s red counterpart. The Romans were in this region for around 300 years and left their mark both in Bilbilis and in the surrounding area: at least two Roman baths have been discovered in Calatayud; Roman pergolas were built on the Celtoiberian settlement in Valdeherrera; and in Cervera de la Cañada, even a Roman Aqueduct.

Columns and other building elements taken from Bílbilis can today be seen in the Plaza España. Very close to the vineyard where this wine originates, there is a Roman pottery kiln that made Terra Sigillata ceramics. So, how could we not celebrate the Roman heritage of this region?

The image on this label is adapted directly from photos and videos taken in our Mazuelo vineyard. You can see the red brown soils, Sierra Armantes in the near distance and overhead, storks are flying. You can see the inspiration for this in this video, taken by our vineyard manager one day as he went to plough. This was a very special moment and one we that wanted to encapsulate on this label.

The flora and fauna in this region are very special: we get vultures, partridges, deer, boar… At the far end of the vineyard you can just make out winemaker and owner, Norrel Robertson, gazing out over the landscape. Mazuelo is the local version of the many synonyms for Carignan.