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BRUNO MURCIANO, Spain

A sommelier by training, Bruno Murciano was born in 1979 in Caudete de las Fuentes – a town in Valencia noted for growing the Bobal grape variety. He spent his youth learning his trade in his family’s restaurant, which is where he got to know the winegrowers of the area.

During 20 years of international experience as a sommelier, Bruno collected numerous awards and achieved recognition from colleagues as an ambassador for Spanish sommeliers worldwide. But in 2010 he at last made one of his big dreams come true when he bought the magnificent estate of Las Brunas in his home town 6ha of ancient vinyard and 2ha of forest on northeast sloping land. Ably assisted by his brother, José Luis, who honed his winemaking skills in Rioja and Bierzo, the pair now create incredible wines of their own – mostly from Bobal, but also from other local varieties.

Viticulture

Located in the centre of the Valencia region. Their vineyard distribution is developed in smallholdings, some of them located in the domains of the Hoces del Cabriel nature reserve, currently sheltering the protected DO’s of Utiel-Requena and Valencia. The territory’s winemaking history dates back to the Iberian period, when the deposits of the town of Kelin were located in Caudete de Las Fuentes and the Pilillas de Requena, 3,000 years ago. Influenced by a continental Mediterranean climate, each of the different plots enjoys a specific microclimate that makes it different from the rest. The average altitude of the vineyards is around 950 meters above sea level. Bruno and Jose Luis have searched and selected limestone foothills where prevail the altitude and the south-east orientations with poor sandy-loam and clay-loam soils, looking for freshness in the summer period. These magical enclaves of very old bush-trained vines, cultivated in rainfed, altitude and key exposures, practicing sustainable agriculture and organic viticulture. Following biodynamic guidelines of maximum respect for the nature, they harvest excellent grapes and make unique, honest and high quality wines.