David Hernando

The Essentials - Nationality: Spanish. - Technical director: Bodegas Atalayas de Golbán (Atauta, Spain). - Partner and co-founder of Bodegas Antídoto in Soria, Spain. Technical direction in wine calls for control without flattening the site, and that is the register David Hernando works in at Bodegas Atalayas de Golbán in Atauta, Spain. The role sits where vinification, timing, and vineyard character have to be held in balance, with technical rigor serving the wine rather than overpowering it. In that kind of work, consistency is the craft: decisions in the cellar, attention to vintage variation, and a measured approach to letting the vineyards come through in bottle. Those same priorities run through the partnership and co-founding of Bodegas Antídoto in Soria, Spain. With David Hernando attached to both projects, the shape of the career is clear: less about display than about maintaining a stable identity across sites and seasons. In Spanish wine, that means keeping the work legible at every step, from cellar choices to final expression.

Signature

David's signature wines include La Celestina 2021, La Celestina Vendimia Seleccionada 2019, and Viridiana 2021. The signature list reads like a compact record of how David Hernando’s name is carried through bottle, with La Celestina 2021 and La Celestina Vendimia Seleccionada 2019 marking distinct takes on the same line. Viridiana 2021 adds another point of reference, widening the frame without changing the underlying approach. Together, the wines point to a style built on precision, restraint, and continuity, where the vintage and the label do the speaking before any flourish does.