Jorge Navascués Haba

In one sense it is too soon to know if Jorge Navascués Haba will prove to be a renegade. He has been at Contino for just over a year, taking up the reins from the longstanding Jesús de Madrazo Mateo, so he hasn’t yet put his stamp on the production of any single wine here. Madrazo built Contino’s reputation for the Graciano variety, its single-vineyard Viña del Olivo, its rosado, and more recently a Garnacha – significant, as Navascués comes from Aragón, Garnacha country, and is among the new generation of ‘Garnachistas’. He is a family man and great company. Does he have the vision, or contrariness, to be a renegade? His extensive experience as a consultant suggests he does, with clients including Pago Aylés at Zaragoza, Viña Zorzal in Navarra and others across Spain, and his own personal project too, making Cutio and Mas de Mancuso.