The new Benjamin Rothschild & Vega Sicilia winery proposes an architecture of ‘terroir,’ foreign to current trends and styles, where the location, climate, the land and its vegetation define the building’s form and the type of construction. 

The design makes the most of the topography of the site, proposing a descending linear system adapted to the traditional winemaking process, and is articulated starting from a series of interconnected courtyards that follow a diagonal axis. 

The château, higher up on the site, harbors private uses and preserves the elements of the winery: like the cloisters of monasteries, it is divided into rooms of the same size around a central courtyard that is walked through in a circle.