«Carlos San Pedro bets on the right horse when it comes to wine.»
The full-blooded Tempranillos of Pujanza
Carlos San Pedro is a winemaker – like his brother, his father, his grandfather, his great-grandfather... This is nothing unusual in Spanish wine families. But Carlos is a bit out of line with his ancestors. But let's start from the beginning: Carlos grew up in picturesque Laguardia in Rioja Álavesa, where – as he says himself – «you breathe wine». As a child, he said, he preferred to spend his weekends among the vines, and to this day that hasn't really changed much: «I don't like to travel, preferring to spend as much time as possible in the vineyard.» Is Carlos San Pedro a wallflower? Far from it! You can tell by his facial features: This man has experienced a lot, has drunk the great wines of this world and seen the great cities. In his free time, Carlos loves to dance flamenco or ride horses – preferably, of course, through his vineyards. There, by the way, the thoroughbred winemaker relies on a single grape variety, the Tempranillo. It is his one and only, and he masters it like no other. It is fascinating how this winemaker, so bursting with temperament, keeps an absolutely cool head when it comes to the well-being of his beloved wines. Every barrel is meticulously checked and, of course, tasted again and again – so as not to miss the perfect moment of maturity. How does Carlos manage to live both precision and enthusiasm in extreme form at the same time? Who knows, maybe we will find the answer to this question in a glass of Hado...