The Rioja Region

Chalky clay soils: yellowish in colour, made from limestone or sandstone

deposits from the Tertiary period, which are not very fertile.

The climate for our vines is totally linked to the topography created by

the Ebro basin. Three different kinds of climate combine in perfect

harmony to create an ideal microclimate for growing grapes: first the

Mediterranean influence which comes up the Ebro valley from the sea,

then the Atlantic or Ocean climate coming in from the north and finally

the Continental air stream from neighbouring Castile, attenuated by the

presence of the imposing mountains of the central massif.