Gómez Cruzado celebrates 140 Years of winemaking in Haro’s Barrio de La Estación.

Bodegas Gómez Cruzado opens its new wine cellar in the Barrio de La Estación.

James Suckling – Gómez Cruzado has built a new winery and technical director Juan Bautista says the aim is to better understand the parcels they find most compelling. They have focused on concrete alongside relatively large French oak vessels of 8,000 and 10,000 liters. With increasingly unpredictable yields in recent harvests, Juan notes that when fermentation vessels are too large for smaller volumes, temperature sensors and controls need to be distributed throughout the tank to ensure a precise reading. Temperature during fermentation is key, not only as an indicator of activity, but also as a way to manage extraction and preserve aromatics.

Our colleague and friend Mikel Ruiz gave us a tour of the new winery before it was opened to the public.