The Land and the Grapes

The Land

Navarre is located in the North of Spain, between the Pyrenees and the Ebro River Valley. It covers ten thousand square kilometres and its population is at just over half a million. Its capital is Pamplona and Tudela, Tafalla and Estella are other major towns in the region.

Navarre is enormously rich in culture and history and shows great climatic diversity having Atlantic, Continental and Mediterranean weather patterns.

Soils within the D.O. Navarra are mainly limy, deep and relatively gritty, with variable texture and chemical fertility, of medium to light consistency, soft and very healthy.

The Grapes

The D.O. Navarra encompasses 18.432 Hectares of vineyards and includes the following grape varieties:

Red: Tempranillo, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Graciano and Mazuelo.

White: Viura, Chardonnay, Moscatel de Grano Menudo and Malvasía.

Currently, Tempranillo plantars, basic grape variety for making rosé wines, cover 37,2% of the production area, followed by Garnacha (26%), Cabernet Sauvignon (14,95%), Merlot (13,1%), Viura (2%), Chardonnay (2,37%) and other varieties in lesser proportion.