Ribera y Rueda

Ribera del Duero and Rueda are located in Castilla y León, about a 2-hour drive northwest of Madrid. Castilla y León is home to more than 300 medieval castles dating to the eighth and ninth centuries, boasts over 400 museums and over a hundred historical city centers which accounts for the majority of Spain’s cultural heritage. The Duero River runs through these two prestigious wine regions - Ribera to the North and Rueda to the South.  Winemaking dates back 2,000+ years and both regions have been producing wines for travelers since ancient times.

Verdejo makes for young, fresh everyday wines, and when given the lees and barrel aged treatment, there is also great opportunity for cellaring.  Verdejo showcases bright acidity, richness, complexity, and minerality. Herbal and citrusy, with a variety of textures ranging from light and bright on the palate to weighty and mouth-filling.       

The wines of Ribera del Duero are majestic like the castillos (castles) spread across the landscape, symbols of strength, richness and structure.  The young reds are food versatile, especially for charred, crisped, caramelized, spicy, and savory dishes.   The full-bodied complexity of tinto fino offers lively acidity and ripe, muscular dark fruit, dried fig, vanilla and cassis.  The luxurious elegance of barrel-aged tinto fino is tailor made for great aging potential, cellar worthy wines for the collector.

The viticultores share a common philosophy – that the climate, soils, and growing conditions give these wines their distinctive character – true expressions of the terruños of the Ribera del Duero and Rueda.