Vines due for pruning , Catalonia (Catalan Eagle)

Ungrafted, old bush vine
Monastrell – the core of the Báscula adventure

The turret of Castle Madax,
Jumilla (Turret Fieds)

Stones in the dry vineyards
of Jumilla

Paella cooked over a fire of vine cuttings: the best way to enjoy Báscula

A newly planted vineyard
in Jumilla

The Gauntlet Monastrell
fermenting in an open vat

Cuidado! – vat’s about to open

Our friend Loren Gil (second
from right), producer of the
Turret Fields

Rodolfo Bastida (left), of our Rioja producer Ramon Bilbao in full flow

Pepe Fuster, Catalan Eagle producer (centre)

Felipe Gutiérrez de la Vega, master of Moscatel at work

Punching down The Gauntlet
in an open fermentor, essential
for top quality

Our own American oak Báscula barrels, imported from California

Jumilla Castle and the arid surrounding countryside

In the Gauntlet vineyard - organic viticulture at its best

With our friend Alfredo Candela in the Gauntlet vineyard