{"id":6312,"date":"2022-05-24T19:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winesfromaragon.com\/familia-ramon\/"},"modified":"2022-07-17T16:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T16:05:12","slug":"familia-ramon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winesfromaragon.com\/en\/familia-ramon\/","title":{"rendered":"Familia Ram\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Ram\u00f3n Family, owner of Bodega Ayl\u00e9s<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where does your passion for wine come from?<\/strong><\/p>

The origin of our passion for this world comes from my father: Federico Ram\u00f3n. He was the creator and promoter of the Vino de Pago Ayl\u00e9s. He knew how to transfer the passion he felt for the countryside and for his land to his family and put all his enthusiasm in this project, which involved a lot of effort and sacrifice over a very long period of time<\/p>

What does it mean to run a winery, unique in Arag\u00f3n, that makes single-vineyard wine?<\/strong><\/p>

The project was very exciting from the beginning. It was an exciting challenge for all of us who work in the winery and at the same time, a very great responsibility as it is a quality status recognized by law and much stricter than the wine Designations of Origin.<\/p>

There were very complicated moments as the recognition process for Vino de Pago Ayl\u00e9s was very long and complex. A whole research work, unique studies like never before carried out in the area, endless conversations with the Administration which, finally, approved the Regulation of Vino de Pago wines in Arag\u00f3n. Of course, we have also had exciting moments in which all of us who are behind this adventure have enjoyed a lot.<\/p>

Your wines have won and continue to win numerous awards, although there has been one of great importance: the appointment, in 2018, of Ayl\u00e9s \u201cS\u201d wine as the best wine in Spain. What does it feel like at that moment? Has this award brought you more recognition at the national, international and consumer level?<\/strong><\/p>

First, we are very proud, as it is yet another triumph for Garnacha from Arag\u00f3n. We were delighted, as it was a recognition of the effort and work that our family has been doing for almost 30 years.<\/p>

We received this very important \u201cAlimentos de Espa\u00f1a\u201d Award for the Best Wine of the year 2018 from the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, in a beautiful gala at the Palacio de Fomento in Madrid.<\/p>

As it was an institutional recognition, it was a highly publicised award, but it is a wine that gave us great joy from the very first vintage we made. Our initial objective was to try to achieve the true character of the variety, which combines elegance, freshness and longevity. From a typicity point of view, it is one of our most special wines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ayl\u00e9s is the only Vino de Pago (single-estate winery) recognized in Arag\u00f3n and one of the only 20 Vinos de Pago recognized in Spain. After years of studies in soil, climate, winemaking methods, organoleptic, physical and chemical analyses, the Ram\u00f3n family\u2019s wines obtained in 2011 the precious recognition.<\/p>

A Vino de Pago is currently a wine covered by a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), whose geographical area is a Pago. A Pago is an area with its own characteristics of soil and climate, known by a name traditionally associated with the cultivation of vineyards. This wine can use the term Vino de Pago instead of Protected Designation of Origin.<\/p>

The winery is located in the Zaragoza municipality of Mezalocha, where the characteristics of this territory, the nature of its soils, the fields and roads that border the estate, the fauna and flora make up a combination of attributes that give Ayl\u00e9s wines a unique personality.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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What is the job that each of you carry out in the winery?<\/strong><\/p>

Pago de Ayl\u00e9s is a family winery. It was started by our father, Federico Ram\u00f3n, and nowadays it is run by the three siblings: Federico (Financial Director), Ana (Quality Director) and Inmaculada (Winemaking Director).<\/p>

What do you expect from your wines?<\/strong><\/p>

We are trying to communicate and value the concept of Vino de Pago, as it is something unknown to most consumers. Besides, we are working hard to keep on convincing of the quality of our single vineyard wines<\/p>

Has the practice of sustainable agriculture already led you to have your vineyards certified as organic?<\/strong><\/p>

Of course, after many years of practicing sustainable agriculture, we decided to start in 2016 with 100% organic agriculture. We have been seeing a different evolution in the terroir of the estate that has given us a plus of complexity in the soils, being able to translate it into wines that are different in style from those we made in 2010. The conservation and improvement of the soils are at the centre of the strategy.<\/p>

We are working to make our ecosystem more complex and robust. By eliminating chemical synthesis compounds, we are increasing the number of herbaceous spices present in the ecosystem and, in turn, greater complexity in the populations of insects, small vertebrates and birds, without disregarding the increase in soil life, fungi and bacteria.<\/p>

Our firm commitment to the conservation of our environment, together with our vocation to increase the quality of our products and totally eliminate waste, has led us to certify our wines as organic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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