t Bodegas de la Marquesa we grow approximately 400,000 kg of grapes per year on the family’s 65 hectares of vineyards. All vineyards are located in the Municipality of Villabuena, and run from the sunny lower slopes of the Cantabrian Mountain Range, which protects them from the north, to the banks of the River Ebro to the south-southwest.

In accordance with our basic criterion of ensuring the quality and character of our wines, a number of very old vineyards with a low production level are cultivated at the same time as new plantations enter into production. The average age of our vineyards is over 25 years.

As a result of the same criterion of giving priority to our wines' 'defining character', a significant percentage of production focuses on some of the least common varieties of grape in La Rioja:

GRACIANO: A native Riojan variety which has a low yield, is highly aromatic and is ideal for long aging processes, due to its consistently high acidity level and its colour stability.

MAZUELO: Similar to the Carignan variety, it produces musts with a good colour and consistent acidity that are rich in tannins with aromas characteristic of hay and aromatic herbs.

VIURA: A white grape grown only in the higher, poorer areas of some vineyards, and used only for our fermented, cask-aged white wines.

And of course, our main variety: TEMPRANILLO, the cornerstone of all La Rioja’s great wines, which reaches its highest level of colour, aroma and body in this particular region.