Welcome Casa Rojo

We are stoked to welcome to the portfolio the wines of Casa Rojo. This Spanish wine collective - for lack of a better word - was established by husband-and-wife team Jose Luis Gomez and Laura Munoz in 2009. Both are winemakers who early in their careers traveled the breadth and depth of the Spanish wine world and who in the late 2000's finally began to work on their dream project. A project that allowed them to make wine outside of the usual limitations of regional boundaries and family ties that so often permeate the landscape of Spanish wine. Somewhere where they were able to express themselves through Spain's greatest terroirs and most classic varietals drawing on both their own experiences as winemakers and by surrounding themselves with like-minded folk.

Within only a few years the savvy duo started to get noticed both locally and abroad with their collection of playful wines and whimsical labels that delivered not only exceptional quality but highlighted the incredible diversity of Mediterranean climates and Spain's exceptional wine-making heritage. They focused on wines made from varietals and regions they had fell in love with while traveling across Spain calling them The Wine Gurus. In 2014 they were named as part of the "100 Best Wineries in the World" by Wine & Spirits magazine.

Shortly after in 2015 the team finally set roots in the unique Paraja de La Raja region, a dreamy and fertile valley located between Sierra del Carche and Sierra de La Pila, in the Altiplano of the Murcia Region. After years of frenetic oenological activity, constant learning, and traveling Spain's every corner to find the best regional expressions of grape and site they would establish phase two of Casa Rojo here, expanding on the range and establishing their own viticultural family heritage within the hills of southern Spain.

Fast forward to today and they own 23 hectares of monastrell, garnacha and syrah of which they make wine from locally while managing nine projects across Rías Baixas, Valdeorras, Bierzo, Rueda, Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Priorato, Cava and Jumilla. They have teamed up with some of the country's best establishing valued relationships with growers, farmers, and winemakers who share their passion for creating wines that go beyond passing trends and commercial whims. Wines that are authentic and unique, indelibly tied to the land they are grown and the people that grow them.

Perhaps one of the wines that highlight their ethos the best is the Las Vinas Bastardas, a wine made from a collection of vineyards and sites scattered throughout the Murcia highlands and labeled as IGP Tierra de Murcia. When the DO for this region finally arrived delimiting geographically those plots that were in and those that were out, it left out many of those amazing vineyards with no classification and no origin despite their rich viticultural heritage. Casa Rojo selected and harvested those very same vineyards understanding that it was more important to express the land and the vines than follow a set of arbitrary rules laid down by the Do regulators.

In an industry dominated by large and powerful groups, Casa Rojo offers an innovative and groundbreaking vision for the wines of Spain. They have concentrated their efforts on the south-west and western regions of Spain with a particular focus on the wines of Ribera Del Duero and of course their home turf in Murcia. They have a range of excellent monastrell, garnacha, and tempranillo based wines as well as some fantastic drops from Rueda and a brilliant looking albarino from Raias Baixas.