DO
Valdepeñas is situated in the south of the Castilla-La
Mancha region, south-east of Madrid. Valdepeñas, meaning
'Valley of the Stones', is one of Spain's oldest wine-producing
regions. The region is centred around the city named after it,
Valdepeñas, and it is irrigated by the Río Jabalón,
a tributary of the Río Guadiana. Its wines, which have
a long tradition, are produced from the Tempranillo
(known locally as Cencibel), Macabeo
and Airén
varieties. Bodegas
Navarro López, founded in 1904 by Doroteo Navarro,
produce a wide selection of wines ranging from their top-quality
DO Gran Reservas to their Vino de la Tierra wines. The DO
Valdepeñas Laguna de la Nava wines are produced
exclusively with grapes from their own vineyards of about
190 hectares. Their brand new immaculate bodega, situated
6 kms outside the town of Valdepeñas, is completely
family-owned and rigorously maintained by the founder’s
two sons who have a single clear objective, to produce modern-style
wines of maximum quality. In order to achieve this goal, Bodegas
Navarro López’s first policy was to modernise
the winery totally, with the installation of new cooling tanks,
stainless steel tanks and 4000 new oak barrels (70% American
and 30% French Allier). This was then followed by a major
change in production geared towards making single
varietal wines and ageing in new oak barrels but without renouncing
the traditional characteristics of the DO Valdepeñas
wines. As a result, their investment has paid off and their
wines are improving considerably with every vintage. Today,
the bodega’s installations have a capacity for 2 million
litres. The Tempranillo grapes used in the Navarro López
Old Vines range come from 30 year-old vines in lime-based
soils in Campo de Calatrava in Valdepeñas, situated
at 716m above sea level. The grapes are harvested at the beginning
of September and go through carefully monitored fermentation
under controlled temperatures. We are the UK agents for Bodegas
Navarro López.
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