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Raúl Pérez Pereira is regarded as one of the most exciting winemakers in the world today. He makes wine on his family estate and his first vintage, in 1994 (when he was 22 years old), set a clear course for what has since become known as "The New Spain". A decade later he left the family business to establish Bodegas y Viñedos Raúl Pérez, which has since become one of the flagship wineries for the Bierzo appellation. Since then he has rooted himself across the north of Spain in Rías Baixas, Ribeira Sacra and Tierra de León, adding these wonderful terroirs to his portfolio. The chance that they water-down his focus in Bierzo, however, is zero: for one thing, his family have farmed there for over 300 years!