To revive tradition and fully express the unique terroir of Jerez are the goals of Ramiro Ibáñez. This visionary, a native of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, is one of the most knowledgeable winemakers in Jerez, the storied home of Manzanilla in southern Spain. In 2012 he was able to start his own project, initially called Cota 45. The name was a reference to 45 meters above sea level, the point where he believes the best albariza soils can be found. Starting in the 2023 vintage, the Cota 45 wines began being bottled under Ramiro's own name, leaving behind the old label.

At one point in the early 1800s, there were over 100 different grape varieties catalogued for use in Andalucia table wines, though most were ripped up. Ramiro is part of a collective that conserves these old varieties of Andalucia grapes and blends these nearly extinct grapes into some of his wines.

In addition to the conservation of old varieties, Ramiro wanted to make unfortified table wine from old Palomino vines, just like the Jerezanos of the 19th Century favored. Many progressive thinkers in Jerez believe that the neutral Palomino grape can be a great vessel for translating the intricacies of albariza soil, so Ramiro takes these wines one step further and bottles them by individual pagos, or vineyards. He ferments these wines in used manzanilla barrels (some are 150 years old) without temperature control, which he believes helps to minimize the fruitiness of the wines.