Montepedroso History
[:es]HISTORY OF FINCA MONTEPEDROSO[:][:en]BACKGROUND OF FINCA MONTEPEDROSO[:]
[en]Familia Martínez Bujanda’s passion for wine came to fruition in the second half of the last decade at the Denominación de Origen Rueda (Valladolid, Castilla y León), then an emerging Spanish wine-growing area specializing in the production of quality white wines with the personality of a variety of grape varieties. native grapethe Verdejo grape. The project, like Finca Valpiedra (Rioja) or Finca Antigua (La Mancha) in its day, involved the acquisition of the best vineyards and the construction of a winery integrated in the environment with the latest technology specifically for the production of the best whites.[:][:en]The passion of Familia Martínez Bujanda for wine arrives in the second half of the last decade to the Denomination of Origin Rueda (Valladolid, Castilla y León), at the time an emerging wine area dedicated to the elaboration of quality white wines with the personality of an indigenous grape, the Verdejo. The project, as it happened before with Finca Valpiedra (Rioja) or Finca Antigua (La Mancha), needed the best vineyards and a winery integrated in the landscape, with the latest technology to elaborate the best whites[:].
[Finca Montepedroso is a magnificent expanse of land with 25 hectares, located in the heart of the appellation of origin, in the municipality of Rueda itself, with stony and rustic soils where the vine finds its raison d’être and where it is capable of offering a wine with the personality of the best terroir of Rueda.[:][:en]Finca Montepedroso is a splendid extension of 25 hectares, situated in the heart of the Origin Appellation, in the town of Rueda, with stony and rustic soils where the vines find their reason for living and are able to offer a wine with the personality of the best plot of Rueda[:].
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The Verdejo grape had already been authorized as a new variety in both La Rioja and La Mancha, but Familia Martínez Bujanda is aware that the identity of a good wine requires, in addition to a soil and a characteristic microclimateThe tradition of cultivation and processing cannot be abstracted from its authentic origins.
Familia Martínez Bujanda acquired the estate in 2008 and built a functional and unique winery, practically flush with the plateau and with the typical materials of the area to achieve a perfect integration in the environment of the vineyards. Finca Montepedroso was inaugurated in April 2012.
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The Verdejo variety had already been allowed as a new variety both in La Rioja and in La Mancha, but Familia Martínez Bujanda is aware that the identity of a good wine needs also a soil and a characteristic microclimate, a tradition in growing and the elaboration that cannot be withdrawn from their real origin.
Familia Martínez Bujanda bought the estate in 2008 and built a functional and singular winery, almost at ground level of the plateau, and with the typical materials of the area to get a perfect incorporation in the surrounding of vineyards. Finca Montepedroso was opened in April 2012.
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WINERY DETAILS WINERY DETAILS
en]Own vineyards situated on a privileged site and a careful and refined elaboration[:][:es]Own vineyards situated on a privileged site and a careful and refined elaboration[:][:][:en]Own vineyards situated on a privileged site and a careful and refined elaboration[:][:en
D.O.: Rueda
YEAR OF FOUNDATION: 2008 (inauguration 2012)
HECTARES VINEYARD: 25
AVERAGE AGE: 20 years old
BOTTLE PRODUCTION: 120,000
OWNER: Familia Martínez Bujanda[:es][:][:en]D.O.: Rueda
ESTABLISHED: 2008 (Opened in 2012)
HECTARES OF VINEYARD: 25
AVERAGE AGE OF VINES: 20 years old
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 120.000
OWNER: Martínez Bujanda Family [:]
