Milenico

MILÉNICO is born on the banks of the Duero River, on the outskirts of San Martín de Rubiales between Roa and Peñafiel, in the heart of the Ribera del Duero, a region with over a thousand years of uninterrupted tradition and culture for wine. A harsh climate, with marked daily fluctuations forces the plant into a daily rhythm of activity that gives an unmistakably distinctive character to the wine. Milénico is the fruit of our dedication and enthusiasm for creating exceptional wines. Our ongoing relationship with the land, with the grape and with the wine, and our desire to achieve the best is what provides the energy that inspires us day by day. Milénico is made possible thanks to a privileged location, an extraordinary grape stock, and our quest for perfection, which necessitates the utmost care and attention to detail from vine to bottle to table. Juan Manuel Jr. took over the family farm early in the next decade, and now looks after the vineyards, continuing a relationship that has existed since they were first planted until today. The production from a total of 14 hectares had previously been sold to area wineries, but under Juan Manuel Jr.'s supervision, a home winery was created that began perfecting its processes with small production runs of its own. Then, in 2012 and backed by the other family members, the Milénico winery was officially incorporated within the Designation of Origin (DO) Ribera del Duero, and its first wines, in limited edition, appeared on the market in 2015. The Milénico name contains the initials of the latest generation of the family and also reminds us of the millennium that wine has formed an uninterrupted part of our culture and way of life—since the time that the Duero River was once a border dividing two medieval worlds.