SAJAZARRA | LA RIOJA | SPAIN

FRANCE HAS EXPORTED WINE SINCE BEFORE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION (1798). PRESTIGIOUS WINERIES AS CHÂTEAU MARGAUX & CHÂTEAU LAFITE ROTHSCHILD WERE THE PIONEERS OF THE CURRENT WINE BUSINESS. AROUND THE YEAR 1850 THE PHYLLOXERA ATTACKED GREAT PART OF THE VINEYARDS OF FRANCE, DESTROYING ALMOST ALL ITS PRODUCTION. IT WAS THEN THAT THE FRENCH LOOKED FOR SIMILAR TERRITORIES WHERE TO PLANT THEIR VINEYARDS AND TO CONTINUE WITH THE MARKET OF THE WINE.

LA RIOJA, SPAIN THEY FOUND THE IDEAL CONDITIONS TO MAINTAIN THE PRODUCTION OF THEIR WINES IN THE CITY OF HARO (CAPITAL OF RIOJA WINE), THUS GIVING RISE TO THE WELL-KNOWN DISTRICT OF THE TRAIN STATION AND THE WINE OF RIOJA AS WE KNOW IT TODAY. OVER THE YEARS, RIOJA ENDED UP BEING A QUALIFIED APPELLATION OF ORIGIN, GRANTING IT THE DISTINCTION OF BEING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE PRODUCING AREAS OF SPAIN AND EVEN OF EUROPE. THE CLIMATE OF THE AREA AND THE PROPERTIES OF THE LAND CREATE THE IDEAL ENVIRONMENT TO PRODUCE SELECT AND UNIQUE WINES.

BODEGA PUENTE DEL EA HARO / LA RIOJA / SPAIN

OUR CELLAR, A SMALL CHÂTEAU SURROUNDED BY VINEYARDS, IS LOCATED IN SAJAZARRA, A BEAUTIFUL TOWN 10 KM FROM HARO, CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE PRODUCING CITIES IN SPAIN. OUR SITUATION, A PRIVILEGED AREA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY WINES, BOTH BECAUSE OF ITS FAVORABLE SOIL FOR THE CULTIVATION OF THE VINE AND BECAUSE OF ITS CLIMATE, ONE OF THE MOST EXTREME WITHIN THE DENOMINATION OF ORIGIN, MAKES US EXCELLENT CANDIDATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF GREAT RIOJA WINES. THE WINERY, FOUNDED IN 2001, CAN BE CLASSIFIED WITHIN THE FRENCH CHÂTEAU STYLE, SURROUNDED BY OUR 4 HECTARES OF VINEYARDS, ALL OF THEM FROM THE TEMPRANILLO VARIETY AND FROM WHICH WE PRODUCE THE WINES OF THE HIGHEST RANGE OF THE WINERY. IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN VINEYARDS, WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH SUPPLIERS IN THE AREA FOR YEARS. VINEYARDS THAT WE CONTROL AND MANAGE THROUGH OUR OENOLOGICAL ADVICE. THEY ARE ALWAYS VINEYARDS CHOSEN AND SELECTED BY US. IN RECENT YEARS WE HAVE STRIVED TO MAKE OURSELVES KNOWN AND SHARE WITH WINE LOVERS THE EXCELLENCE OF OUR PRODUCTIONS.

WE WORK WITH A PHILOSOPHY OF MAKING WINES OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY. WE BASE OURSELVES ON THE

SELECTION AND GOOD TREATMENT OF THE PRODUCT.

ALL THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HUMAN TEAM THAT FORMS THE WINERY, DIRECTED SINCE THE END OF 2016 BY RODRIGO MADRID, AN AGRONOMIST BASED IN LA RIOJA SINCE 2004. HIGHLIGHT OUR ENOLOGY DEPARTMENT FORMED BY THE TECHNICAL ADVICE OF BASILIO IZQUIERDO, ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN WINEMAKERS IN SPAIN, AND JESÚS IRUZUBIETA, BELONGING TO THE NEW GENERATION OF RIOJAN WINEMAKERS.

OUR TEAM

THE PRESTIGIOUS OENOLOGIST BASILIO IZQUIERDO WAS FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS HEAD OF WINERY IN CVNE, ONE OF THE LARGEST WINE COMPANIES IN HARO, LOCATED IN THE FAMOUS RAILWAY STATION DISTRICT. “CONTINO”, ONE OF THE MOST VIBRANT WINE PROJECTS IN SPAIN, WAS FOUNDED UNDER HIS DIRECTION. IN 1975 THEY PLANTED UNIQUE VINEYARD PLOTS THAT RESULTED IN WINES OF GREAT QUALITY AND PRESTIGE, MUCH APPRECIATED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET. TODAY, CONTINO IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WINE BRANDS IN SPAIN. IT HAS WON THE PRIZE FOR THE BEST WINE IN THE WORLD BY THE MAGAZINE DECANTER AS WELL AS: • RECOGNITION OF THE BEST WINE IN THE WORLD IN TERMS OF QUALITY-PRICE RATIO (WINE SPECTATOR) • MAIN RED WINE OF THE ROYAL WEDDING OF THE PRINCE, ACTUAL KING OF SPAIN (2004)

THE CURRENT PROPERTY OF THE WINERY WAS AIMED AT PRODUCING UNIQUE AND HIGH QUALITY WINES. FOR THAT REASON BASILIO IZQUIERDO WAS CONTRACTED, ONE OF THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE VOICES OF RIOJA WINES. BASILIO IZQUIERDO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RIOJA WINEMAKERS TO STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BORDEAUX, BEING HIS MENTOR MR. EMILE PEYNAUD, THE MOST RENOWNED WINEMAKER IN THE WORLD OF THE MODERN ERA.

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