From the moment you observe the Blanco brothers in their natural habitat, roaming the chalky backroad vineyards of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, you realize that you’ve just entered into a humble and deep rooted rincóncillo of the Marco de Jerez.  And as the dusty Albariza swirls in the summer heat of the Levante, the term “Salt of the Earth” quickly permeates the mind.

There are no men in suits or English speaking guides.  No video to watch, or gift shop to visit.  In fact, the very humble, charmingly decrepit bodega just expanded beyond the small cellar as they slowly added new space for more fermentation tanks and even…a…bathroom.   The adjoined side of the old building remains still, dark, dank and dusty, stacked high with cobwebbed laced botas.

Throughout decades, their father Francisco Blanco became a prominent local viticulturist who increased his hectares by slowly buying small parcels throughout the Marco de Jerez, all within three very important pagos:  Añina, Marcharnudo and Callejuela.