INTRO
A vegetable garden, four cows, six sheep,
two dozen chickens, hundreds of bees and
forty thousand gravevines.
We’re good people, a generous land
and wind that flows every day.
WINERY
Winemaker, Gustavo González
It’s a new generation winery of the Ejido El Porvenir in the Valle de Guadalupe. It started as a dream of the Pérez Castro family (owners of La Lomita) to honor the Virgin of the Vineyards.
La Carrodilla has 4 single varietal wines (Chenin Blanc, Shiraz, Cabernet and Tempranillo), showing with them the richness that the fruit can give us at its finest, a young red (mixture of the 3 red varietals) and a premium wine (Bordeaux blend).
Of bright passage through the academy, he graduated as a chemist at the University of Berkley and obteined his master's degree in Enology at the University of Davis, California.
With over 20 years experience in the art of making wine; Gustavo González is one of the most renowned winemakers in the American Union. From 2015 he takes over La Lomita and Finca La Carrodilla wines in the Guadalupe Valley. With this, looking back at his parents’ country of origin.
GARDEN
The vegetable garden is located by the side of the winery, facing south. We try to be in harmony with our surroundings to stablish a sustainable logic in what we grow, harvest and process.
WINTER
Annual planning, buying seeds, we produce leafs, roots and brassics.
SPRING
Cool, windy with a bit of rain. We grow artichoke, kale, lettuce, spinach and roots like carrots and betabel.
SUMMER
Tomatoes! All colors, forms, taste and sizes. Garlic, raddish, onions and aromatic herbs.
FALL
We prepara jams and mermelades, with carefully selected fruits.
ANIMALS
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CAJETA
She was our first farm animal. Very docile and friendly. She had her first calf in 2016. She gives milk for our cheese and butter. She loves getting visits and picking on Barbie.
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JUDE
This kitty is our pest control specialist in the wharehouse. She has a daily patrol covering the labs, wharehouse and cellars.
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BARBIE
This little donkey has earned everyones love. Not the most productive of the bunch but her sweet look makes up for it.
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CHOCO
We brought her over from our sister vineyard La Lomita. She found herself right at home very quickly. She is usually resting in our roof garden awaiting for visitors
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LAMB
The smallest and cutest of the bunch.
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LOLÓ
He’s the commander in chief of the hen house, responsible for keeping everyone in check.
ECOFRIENDLY
It is the wine venture with the first certified organic vineyard. La Carrodilla proposes a new way of making wine, through biodynamic farming; a proposal for agricultural sustainability.
We intend to open doors for sustainable agriculture, where care for the environment and respect for the same govern the way of making wine, adding to these different elements such as neatness, selection and meticulous care in the winemaking process. This and many more elements, result, almost inevitably in quality wine.
GALLERY
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