September at Bodegas Arzuaga means one of the most important processes for our winery in Ribera del Duero: the harvest. This vintage – particularly special in all senses – has been marked in our vineyards by ‘very good rainfall, with more rain than usual for this area,’ explains Jorge Sánchez, head of vine-growing at Bodegas …
Leer MásThe 2020 harvest at Arzuaga: ripening, health and quality
Bodegas Arzuaga’s Rosae is one of the few rosé wines made exclusively using Tempranillo grapes. It’s one of the latest projects to come up at Arzuaga, with the aim of being able to reflect this variety in another, different state. The first vintage was in 2013, and now we’ve released the 2019 vintage. This is …
Leer MásDid you know that we make a 100% Tempranillo rosé at Arzuaga?
Wine lovers know how important Guía Peñín is in the wine industry. It has, in its own right, become the world’s most comprehensive Spanish wine guide, with over 11,500 wines tasted. Today, we’d like to talk to you about the scores Bodegas Arzuaga has achieved in the latest edition of this guide. Ten of our …
Leer MásTen Arzuaga wines between 90 and 99 points in the 2021 Guía Peñín
At Bodegas Arzuaga, we’re convinced that many factors have an influence on making an excellent wine. While it’s true that the production processes in the winery play an essential role, the terroir and vineyard do as well, since only the best characteristics can yield the best results. As for the soils in our vineyards in …
Leer MásSoil and altitude: key factors in Bodegas Arzuaga’s vineyards in Ribera del Duero
At Bodegas Arzuaga, we’re lucky enough to experience the vine growing cycle first-hand: the different processes that transform the vineyard until it reaches the end, and then everything starts all over again. Now, we’re just getting to the days before this culmination, which, in grape and wine growing, is known as the harvest. The bunches …
Leer MásAt Arzuaga, we’re heading towards a very high-quality harvest
Many of you visit us every day at Bodegas Arzuaga, in the heart of Ribera del Duero. Some of you come to discover our winery, to have lunch or just to have a glass of wine. Today, on our blog, we want to suggest a much more comprehensive plan, an idea for you to be …
Although most of Bodegas Arzuaga’s wines are red, we do also produce whites and rosés at our winery that definitely bear the stamp of Arzuaga both in their production as well as in their final nuances. This is the case of the wine we’d like to present to you in this post. A white, varietal …
Leer MásFan D. Oro, a Chardonnay white wine that will get you talking
As you all well know, we here at Bodegas Arzuaga have been presenting our wines to you one by one. Through detailed video tastings and special posts on our blog, we want you to learn about the characteristics of our wines, and who better to explain them to you than the people responsible for making …
Leer MásRosae, a rosé wine that’s faithful to its origins and full of subtlety
Before harvest, in the Bodegas Arzuaga vineyards we experience an almost magical process where the grapes show us how they’ll look when the time comes to pick them. We’re talking about veraison, the moment when the grape changes colour, leaving behind the green of the unripened fruit to gradually take on the red shade that …
Leer MásVeraison: the magic returns to the vineyards at Bodegas Arzuaga
As some of you will already know, at Arzuaga we want you to get to know our wines better – everything that’s hiding when you open a bottle and pour yourself a glass. And who better to explain it to you than the people responsible for making it? That’s why, for some weeks now, we’ve …
Leer MásLaderas del Norte, the launch pad for the vanguard of Bodegas Arzuaga