Casa Juan is a small bodega in La Guardia, owned and run by Angel Escudero and his family. After many years of growing grapes to sell, Angel and his wife, Anaceli, decided in 1995 to bottle and brand their own wines.

Casa Juan's Crianza comes mainly from forty-five-year-old Tempranillo vines, with a smaller portion of Mazuelo grown in Rioja Baja. All vineyards are managed organically.  The grapes are fermented in concrete vats with native yeasts, then aged for 14 months in a combination of French and American oak, before being blended and bottled unfiltered. 

Grape: 85% Tempranillo, 15% Mazuelo 

Farming: Organic 

Soils: Clay-limestone 

Pairing: Aged Manchego, Chorizo flatbread