Collection: Dominio del Bendito

Antony Terin, Vigneron of Toro. My name is Antony Terrin and I am a Frenchman with a passion for vineyards, wine and snorkelling. After dreaming of my own project and searching the world over, I arrived in Toro in 2003, and this old vineyard in an incredible terroir has fascinated me forever. My goal is to offer wines that most faithfully reflect the land from which they come. I build the personality and style of my wines by putting a lot of my personality, passion, experience, curiosity and culture into them.

La Jara's unique and ancient vineyards next to the Duero River have exceptional climatic and geological conditions, with an extreme continental climate influenced by the Atlantic Ocean and a semi-arid climate with temperatures varying from -8°C to +40°C.

80% of the 21 hectares of own vineyards are over 45 years old and were planted without grafting. Some groups of vines are over 100 years old. The remainder are between 15 and 45 years old.

The deep soils with a high proportion of sand and pebbles are well drained and allow the roots of the vines to sink into the ground in search of the required elements, thus ensuring high quality grape production and expression of terroir.

Thanks to these soils, the region retains another major feature, the loam, which is barely preserved in a few terroirs in the world. There are also vines planted with their own roots, without American root grafting.

Cultivated; no fertilisers or pesticides; no irrigation.

Harvesting. On the estate, grapes are harvested in separated circles rather than by plot. This ensures that we have grapes of perfect quality.

Genetic diversity I am opposed to clonal selection as it has been practised. This is because I do not believe that clonal selection has improved the quality of the grapes or the wine, nor has it maintained the genetic diversity of the vineyard.

In order to produce Toro wines of great character, I have cultivated the vineyards in an ecological way since the beginning in 2004, using traditional working techniques.

I don't consider myself a biodynamicist, but I am inspired by the practices that are going in the right direction for me.

We have planted a variety of fig trees, almond trees and sermeños, which encourage the natural occurrence of flowers, small wildflowers and wild legumes, helping to maintain the native ecosystem.

The winery collects many of the insects, such as ladybirds and spiders, that get stuck in the grates on the selection table during harvest and return them to the fields.