Castro Ventosa was founded by the Perez family in 1752 and the family has owned the estate ever since. They own 75 hectares of Mencía vineyards in Bierzo making them the biggest owners of this varietal within the Bierzo D.O. Raúl Pérez, who runs the winery, is a ambasador for Bierzo wines in Spain. Mencía is indigenous to Bierzo and some suspect that it is an ancient clone from Cabernet Franc.
At Castro Ventosa life gravitates around the land, the vineyard, the grape and the wine, which can only be created as a natural consequence of doing things right at every stage; the belief is that the wine is first made in the vineyard where the winery focuses most of its attention.
