Miguel Hornillos and Javier Ballesteros decided one day to combine their knowledge and passion for wine and grapes in a project full of enthusiasm to produce quality wines.
Both third-generation grape growers growing up in DO Ribera del Duero, joined forces with their 40 hectares of combined vineyards in the surrounding areas of Roa in Burgos to create a new generation of winemaking under the label MiBal. Vineyards are so attractive that the lion’s share of their growth gets sold at top dollar to some of the region’s most prominent wineries like Pago de los Capellanes and Alion.
And each year following a meticulous squirreling of only 10-15 % of their harvest, they handcraft wines, on the side of the road, in a humble little garage winery that houses their vision.
This soulful project of Miguel and Javier has an organic respect for their beautifully rugged, hardly touched vineyards by producing ecologically farmed wines, following biodynamic philosophies and treatments, all with a minimal intervention approach to their work in the winery.