"Dominio del Águila, founded by Jorge Monzón and Isabel Rodero, is located in the village of La Aguilera. Jorge comes from a family with a long tradition of growing grapes and making wines. He has studied in Bordeaux and Burgundy and has worked at both Domaine Romanée-Conti at Vega Sicilia before joining Arzuaga. His studies and travels taught him several important things: the importance of organic farming, an appreciation of old-vines, a desire for elegance and transparency and all the skills necessary to combine these ideas to make remarkable wines. The domain's greatest asset is the vineyard. All in, he has 30 hectares of very old vines, mostly farmed organically.

Jorge will tell you, "Our passion is the vineyard!" Jorge comes from a family of many generations of vignerons. His studies were based in ‘Soil, viticulture and oenology’ at the Universities of Bordeaux and Burgundy. He worked with prestigious wineries such as Domaine De La Romanée-Conti for more than two years. He has also worked in Spain in the Vega Sicilia Group for a year and as technical director of Bodegas Arzuaga-Navarro for nine years. Since 2013 he has worked full time in Dominio del Águila.

The Tinto counterpart to the Clarete is also a co-fermented blend of primarily Tempranillo with Albillo, Garnacha and Bobal which sees a longer maceration resulting in a darker color. Despite its 20 months in French oak it is bright, vibrant and aromatic. Fun and vibrant are usually not words associated with Ribera but it is certainly the case with the Pícaro Tinto. Whole cluster natural yeast co-fermentation in concrete tanks, pigeage." -Importer