A sweet or dessert wine made in Ronda?

A sweet wine and a pasture wine from Ronda? Many would respond that no, they must be from another producing region, but the truth is that they are already underway and will soon hit the market. Specifically, the Huerto de la Condesa winery is working on the production of a sweet wine made from Viognier and a pasture wine made from PX grapes.

The first of these, as acknowledged by the winery's oenologist, Agustín Millán, came about by chance due to part of a plot pacifying. "A part of it was lost, it was accidental due to a heatwave because it's a plot where we don't have water, and then the options we had were to throw it away or make a naturally sweet wine," Millán explained.

Given that situation, the decision was made to produce a barrel of this wine, which will yield about 300 bottles. "We decided to make the wine after consulting with another oenologist from the area who has much more experience than us in making this type of wine, it's the story of a mistake," he indicated.

For now, they are satisfied with the results they are obtaining and expect it to reach the market around Easter under the Giroscópico label, a brand reserved for their most special creations like their wine under flor, another rarity from the Serranía that only has one counterpart in Dimitri, a creation that has been produced by Descalzos Viejos winery for several years but can only be tasted at the two-starred restaurant Bardal.

As for their pasture wine, it was indeed something sought after. "We liked the wines made by Los Insensatos, so we decided to do something similar in Ronda with a bit of PX that we had and that fits in our Huerto de la Condesa white, and we decided to leave it touched," Millán pointed out.

A special production whose 500 bottles will not reach the market before Christmas and are expected to be ready by January or February of 2026.

For now, wine lovers already have a mandatory appointment to try something different from the Serranía de Ronda, but they must do so this year because Giroscópico is an open brand from the winery that does not always repeat its productions.

“If we are happy and it works we will make them again, although in the case of the sweet wine we will now let the grape pacify deliberately,” Millán said with a smile.

These are not the only Ronda wines that are out of the ordinary in the area. The winery La Melonera also recently introduced its Salinete line, which includes a white wine with oxidative aging. In this case, eight vintages of mostacel morisco and doradilla have been blended to create this special wine.

This winery is also already producing the first 100% melonera wine after completing the process to recover this nearly extinct native grape, of which only a few vines remained.

Also recent is the first sparkling rosé wine introduced by the Badman winery. A reference that has its white counterpart in the Doña Felisa winery, which has been marketing its Cloe Brut Nature for years.

Within this range of more special wines are also the extreme natural wines of Simbad Romero, who is already preparing for the arrival of his second vintage.