Bodegas Dominio D’Echauz Spain, Castile winery building, Northern Spanish architecture design
Bodegas Dominio D’Echauz, Castile, Spain
30 April 2025
Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Location: Zayas de Báscones, Soria, Castile, northern Spain
Bodegas Dominio D’Echauz, Castile Winery Building
BODEGAS DOMINIO D’ECHAUZ
ZAYAS DE BÁSCONES, SORIA
Visuals: Estudio Agraph
Bodegas Dominio D’Echauz – new winery building in Castile, Spain
In the quiet interior of Castile, an architectural piece emerges—not one that imposes itself, but one that gently settles. More than a conventional winery, it is conceived as a place for the research and recovery of ancestral grape varieties. A space where, through a process of micro-vinification, small experimental productions are crafted to evaluate the potential of forgotten or unclassified vines.
Like a kind of viticultural Noah’s Ark, this winery not only hosts the research efforts of Vitis Navarra, but also safeguards and protects the genetic biodiversity of the vine in Spain, including those species that still survive on the fringes of the landscape and time.
The architecture gently rests on the topography of Zayas de Báscones, blending with the land’s geometry and the slow rhythm of cultivation. The two curved walls that structure the winery are inspired by the layout of the surrounding vineyards and their terrain, generating an envelope that defines the space and allows it to be built in a natural way.
The longitudinal layout of the proposal responds to the sequence of the winemaking process: from the arrival of the grapes and destemming, through fermentation in stainless steel tanks, to the aging room in oak barrels and, finally, bottling. This linear path expands at certain points to integrate a social and tasting area, as well as spaces dedicated to research and storage, always maintaining the functional logic of the oenological process.
These walls, made of hempcrete blocks—a mixture of plant fibers, lime, and water—laid on edge, gain greater structural inertia thanks to their curved geometry, and are reinforced by a light single-pitch metal roof. All construction elements are unified with a continuous white Diathonite spray coating, a mortar made from natural cork, used on walls, floors, and ceilings. This system not only contributes to a unified and natural appearance, but also provides the building with high thermal inertia, which is essential for maintaining stable conditions inside the winery and promoting the optimal development of the wine during aging.
The Basajaun collection, referring to the mythological character who protected the forest is a place of transition: between what is known and what remains to be discovered, between an agrarian past and a new way of understanding the relationship between architecture, nature, and wine culture.
It is not just about storing wine, but about preserving life, diversity, and memory. A contemporary refuge for the ancient wisdom of the vine.
Bodegas Dominio D’Echauz, Toledo winery, Castile, Spain – Property Information
BODEGAS DOMINIO D’ECHAUZ
ZAYAS DE BÁSCONES, SORIA
ARCHITECTURE: FRAN SILVESTRE ARQUITECTOS
PROJECT TEAM:
Fran Silvestre | Project Architect
Sevak Asatrián | Project Architect
David Cirocchi | Project Architect
DEVELOPER: VITIS NAVARRA, BODEGAS DOMINIO D‘ECHAUZ
ENGINEERING: ALFATEC
VISUALIZATIONS: ESTUDIO AGRAPH
COLLABORATORS:
María Masià | Collaborating Architect
Pablo Camarasa | Collaborating Architect
Ricardo Candela | Collaborating Architect
Estefanía Soriano | Collaborating Architect
Carlos Lucas | Collaborating Architect
Andrea Baldo | Collaborating Architect
Ángelo Brollo | Collaborating Architect
Javi Herrero | Collaborating Architect
Paco Chinesta | Collaborating Architect
Gino Brollo | Collaborating Architect
Facundo Castro | Collaborating Architect
Anna Alfanjarín | Collaborating Architect
Laura Bueno | Collaborating Architect
Toni Cremades | Collaborating Interior Designer
Susana León | Collaborating Architect
David Cirocchi | Collaborating Architect
Neus Roso | Collaborating Architect
Nuria Doménech | Collaborating Architect
Andrea Raga | Collaborating Architect
Olga Martín Collaborating Architect
Víctor González | Collaborating Architect
Pepe Llop | Collaborating Architect
Alberto Bianchi | Collaborating Architect
Pablo Simò | Collaborating Architect
Andrea Blasco | Collaborating Interior Designer
Laura Palacio | Collaborating Architect
Carlos Perez | Collaborating Architect
Jovita Cortijo | Collaborating Architect
Claudia Escorcia | Collaborating Architect
Diana Murcia | Collaborating Architect
Carlos Ferrer | Collaborating Architect
Diana Vela | Collaborating Architect
Ana de Pablo | Director of the Finance and Administration Department
Sara Atienza | Director of the Marketing and PR Department
Valeria Fernandini | Finance Department
Sandra Mazcuñán | Administration Department
José María Ibañez | Business developer CCG and Mexico
Andrea Álvarez | Marketing and PR Department
Néstor Bolinches | Business Developer
Graciela Guillén | Marketing and PR Department
Olga Fernández | Collaborating Interior Designer
https://riberadelduero.es/bodegas/dominio-de-echauz-slu
Address: Carr. Zayas, 42351 Zayas de Báscones, Soria, Spain
Phone: +34 975 13 87 67
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