Ánima Negra is widely acknowledged as making some of the finest wines in Spain! Ánima Negra was created out of the blue to make the most of some large milk tanks owned by one of the members, and with the intention of making wine for private consumption.

At that time, they did not have our own vineyard, and the indigenous grape variety of “callet” was not appreciated enough to be grown by many local winemakers, so their only option was to buy our grapes.

The first year they produced two barrels of wine. Over the next two years they continued with their apprenticeship and slowly learnt how to make good wine from this particular varietal. Callet has been historically used to produce young wine with little structure, and this was not a path they wanted to follow.

The year 1997 saw the construction of cement fermentation tanks based on the proportions of the original milk tanks, marking the start of the transformation of the old dairy farm into a bodega.

In the same year they also began their search for old callet vineyards, and also for fogoneu and mantonegro vines that were growing in suitable soil.

Ánima Negra currently rent or manage all of the vineyards they discovered, which are in the area of Felinitx where the bodega is situated. Their collection of well-established vineyards is made up of 150 small plots situated within a 10km radius from the bodega, with the exception of 5km of vineyard located on the east of the island.

Until the year 2000 the wines created in the bodega were a blend of callet, fogoneu and mantonegro with a little cabernet sauvignon. From then on, ÁN and ÁN Son Negre wines have been made with indigenous grapes – mainly callet – and ÁN/2 continues to be a blended wine.

In 2002 the conversion of the farm was completed, bringing it up to a capacity that can deal with the all of the grapes from our much-cared-for accumulation of vineyards.