Pioneer in labelling cosechero wines with its own brand in Rioja back in 1973, Teodoro Ruiz Monge is a winery with a long family tradition based in San Vicente de la Sonsierra since 1870. Now they're maintaining carbonic maceration as the hallmark of all their village and single plot wines because they want to banish the idea that carbonic maceration wines are only meant for quick consumption. 
 
The family own 10 hectares of vines around the village, and these grapes are used to make the house wines. In the vineyards they graft the vines with their own plants and do not use herbicides, but he admits that they do treat when necessary, although they always try to do so in the most sustainable way possible. Ruiz Monge's vineyards are aged around 50 years on average.
 
Monge-Ruiz is the winery's Village wine, their flagship wine of which they only make 25000 bottles. It's a blend of Tempranillo (85%) and some Garnacha (10%) and Viura (5%). It is a traditional and honest wine. After fermentation, they place it in a concrete tank with its lees and bottle it when needed. It has the initial spark of carbonic maceration but also the structure to last several years in the bottle.