Our main goal has always been to produce high quality wines in small quantities.
Our winery is located in the village of Aldehorno, Segovia, belonging/in the A.O. Ribera del Duero.
We are one of the few wineries of the A.O. Ribera del Duero that are in the province of Segovia.
Our vineyards from the variety Tempranillo are distributed across the small towns of the A.O. Ribera del Duero: Aldehorno (Segovia), Fuentenebro and Moradillo de Roa (Burgos).
We also elaborate wine from of the variety Verdejo in the A.O. Rueda.
(The ending of the word -ista has a greek origin meaning profession, habit, attitude)
“it is not only what we do but how we do it. The land, the vineyard, wines are not only a habit they are an attitude”
“Attitude to observe them, to take care of them and to create them”
He has the extraordinary capacity of getting the best yield to our
Tempranillo grapes.
APPELLATION OF ORIGIN
RIBERA
DEL DUERO
A.O. RIBERA DEL DUERO
25 HA. OF VINEYARDS
CLIMATOLOGY
In Ribera del Duero we have a continental mediterranean climate characterized by soft and dry summers and cold winters with a huge thermal amplitude during the seasons.
Rainfall normally take place at the end of the autumn and during winter and spring.
ALTITUDE
Our vineyards from Aldehorno, Fuentenebro and Moradilla de Roa are located in an altitude between the 910 and the 1050 meters, which make them amongst the highest vineyards of the A.O. Ribera del Duero.
This altitude gives our wines a highest acidity, produced by the thermal amplitude (difference between the highest and lowest temperature) that is used to be registered.
Furthermore, the cluster ripening is slower and more progressive than in lower altitudes.
SOILS
We have different kind of soils:
Limestone with gravel surface: it provides a good alcoholic content, low acidity and an excellent quality to our wines.
Clay soil: It has a better nutrient and water retentive capacity. It gives a more structure and elegance to our wines because of the fact that the grapes’ growth cycles are longer and a higher content of polyphenols during the ripening is reached.
The origin of the quality of our wines lies in the care given to our vineyards during the whole year. We select the best grapes by crop thinning, process also known as premature harvest after what we do a fine harvest.
Once the harvest is finished, the elaboration of our wines is made in temperature- controlled vats in which we do pre-fermentation macerations for 4/6 days.
Once the fermentations are finished, our wines aged mainly in French oak barrels. Our barrel room has 500 barrels that we renovate each three years.
Red Wines
The Tradition Line is the history of our family. A family that has always been dedicated to the land, the vineyard, the field and the wine. This history started with our grandparents from the Spanish province of Burgos. They were always working in the vineyards, day after day, from dawn to dusk. Thanks to this effort and dedication that we still maintain, we can enjoy excellent wines.
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These wines are the personal creation of David Cuellar
They have a more personal, different and characteristic nuances.
Both are one a kind wines with the stamp of our great winemaker. In these wines quality and uniqueness are the priority.
This is our first rosé, of which we have two different vintages: 2022 and 2021.
Both vintages are 100% Tempranillo whose grapes come from the same vineyard, 30 year old vines planted at an altitude of 1000 m. which gives them a great acidity.
For the 2021 special edition we chose Hungarian oak, a wood that provides very subtle touches of ageing and gives the rosé a very marked elegance. Just as we will continue to produce the young rosé every year on a limited basis, the 2021, aged in Hungarian oak barrels, will only be produced in those vintages that we consider to be excellent.
APPELLATION OF ORIGIN
RUEDA
A.O. RUEDA
Unique character
We are very proud of our white wine Valdrinal de Santamaria 100% Verdejo that we elaborate in the A.O. Rueda. The character of this wine, representative of the A.O. Rueda, can be defined because of the following three elements: the grape, indigenous of this area, the continental climate and its soils. The delicate way of the elaboration of the wine make us obtain a high-quality wine. The harvest is made just at the best ripening time of our grapes. All of the process is mechanized to avoid must oxidation and it is done at night so that the grapes arrive at the winery at a low temperature (between 10- 15 degrees). The must is then fermented in stainless steel vats after what it is macerated on its lees for three months and then bottled. As a result, we have a straw yellow color, characteristic of the A.O. with fresh and fruity scents both on the nose and on the palate.
white wine
Wine elaborated with grapes from the variety Verdejo. It has a very fruity and fresh character. On the palate it is unctuous and has a pleasant entry, with a very well- integrated acidity. It is the perfect match to all kind of pasta, rice, veggies and fish plates.
Buy wineGold Medal - Mundus Vini
90 points - Peñín Guide
91 points - Peñín Guide
91 points - Wine Spectactor
Bronze Medal - Decanter
88 points - Peñín Guide
Bronze Medal - Cathay Pacific
92 points - Gourmets Guide
91 points - Wine Spectactor
Grand Gold Medal - Best Wine
D.O. Ribera del Duero - Mundus Vini
Silver Medal - Japan Wine Challenge
92 points - Gourmets Guide
90 points - Wine Spectator
Gold Medal - Japan´s Women Wine Awards 2022
91 points - Peñín Guide
Bronze Medal - Decanter
91 points - Tim Atkin MW
Gold Medal - Japan´s Women Wine Awards 2023
90 points - Peñín Guide
92 points - Peñín Guide
91 points - Gourmets Guide
91 points - Peñín Guide
91 points - Peñín Guide
Silver Medal - Mundus Vini 2024
92 points - Peñín Guide
Bronze Medal - Decanter Asia
96 points- Gourmets Guide
92 points - Peñín Guide
92 points - Tim Atkin MW
92 points - Peñín Guide
Silver Medal - Vinalies
Silver Medal - Bacchus
92 points - Peñín Guide
94 points - Gourmets Guide
92 points - Peñín Guide
91 points - Peñín Guide
Silver Medal - Vinalies
90 points - Peñín Guide
Bronze Medal - Japan Wine Challenge
IN THE WORLD
Curiosities
Wine-growing
Surface area - 7,4 millon hectares
Grape production
Percentage of total – 263 million hectoliters
Total consumption
Percentage of total - 244 million hectoliters
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
Per capita consumption ( litres per person / year – over the age of 15 )
