If something defines the wines of Bodegas Arzuaga is the quality. We are proud that this is the case and, therefore, we work every day to achieve the greatest possible quality with the final objective of offering you the best wines of the Ribera del Duero. Within this quest for increasing quality, in 1997 we started working with the selection tables.
Currently, we have five manual selection tables in our winery, which allow us to ensure the health of the grapes that enter the winepress and with which we make our wines later. Thus, after a first selection by hand carried out by the harvester, the grape clusters pass to the conveyor of the selection table for removing those that are not in perfect sanitary conditions, that have not completed their ripening or that, conversely, they are passified.
We cannot ignore that, in short, the grape is a fruit that is found in the field and there are different environmental conditions that can cause their spoiling or losing health. With the selection table, we can specifically disregard these clusters that are not in perfect condition. In essence, we managed to improve the final quality of the wines with this process. This is stated by Ignacio Arzuaga, Managing Director of Bodegas Arzuaga, which highlights that “all the grape batches, everything we prepare for Bodegas Arzuaga, go through the selection table, which is a guarantee of quality of the wines, typifies the grape a lot since only the total guaranteed grape is accepted”.
Optical selection table
But in addition to these manual selection tables, in 2015 we decided to also bet on the latest technology when choosing the healthiest grapes in perfect condition. Thus, we include in our winery an optical selection table.
Once the clusters are selected manually, destemmed and with all the grapes separated one by one, this optical selection table takes a picture of each grape at high speed, separating all those that are not in a perfect condition.
As we indicated at the beginning of the post, at Bodegas Arzuaga we seek to offer wines of the highest possible quality. We are aware that to achieve this, it is essential to take care of the vineyard and carefully choose the grapes with which we make the wines. Only like that, we can feel the pride we live every time you raise your glass and toast with an Arzuaga. Cheers!