DISCOVER
TERROIR
Arínzano is above all a magnificently wild and vibrant landscape, an oasis in an otherwise arid environment which occupies 350 hectares, with only a third dedicated to vines. This thousand-year-old glacial valley collects a current of fresh air from the Atlantic that crosses the last massifs of the Sierra Urbasa to rush down the river, towards the slopes of the vineyards. In this vast amphitheatre, the combined energies of the Cierzo wind and the Ega river give each plot a particular inflection. Earth, stone and water give the area its power, energy and emotion.
Arínzano is made up of 128 hectares of vineyards: 40 hectares of Chardonnay, 18 hectares of Merlot and 70 hectares of Tempranillo. The vineyards are planted on soils made up of marl, sand, limestone and limonite from the Neogene era, together with gypsum and dolomites from the Triassic period. Each of the varieties was planted in a specific type of soil and at a specific orientation.
There are no great wines without great terroirs , and only men can reveal them. Each plot of the estate is elaborated separately by the winemaker and his team. Far from the prejudices of the past, Arínzano practices modern and precise oenology, dictated by intuition and experience rather than by recipes and techniques.
Due to the unique qualities of its terroir and winemaking philosophy, in 2007 Arínzano was awarded with the prestigious Vino de Pago denomination, the highest category of a wine in Spain. Arínzano is the first winery in northern Spain to obtain this distinction, which, to date, is held by only 24 Spanish wineries. The Vino de Pago denomination, which is applied to the entire estate, consecrates the search for excellence in an ancient terroir that is practiced every day with the same dedication and devotion as those monks who worked the vines back in 1055.
There are no great wines without great terroirs , and only men can reveal them. Each plot of the estate is elaborated separately by the winemaker and his team. Far from the prejudices of the past, Arínzano practices modern and precise oenology, dictated by intuition and experience rather than by recipes and techniques.
Due to the unique qualities of its terroir and winemaking philosophy, in 2007 Arínzano was awarded with the prestigious Vino de Pago denomination, the highest category of a wine in Spain. Arínzano is the first winery in northern Spain to obtain this distinction, which, to date, is held by only 24 Spanish wineries. The Vino de Pago denomination, which is applied to the entire estate, consecrates the search for excellence in an ancient terroir that is practiced every day with the same dedication and devotion as those monks who worked the vines back in 1055.
