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About `Bodegas Valdemar`
For 124 years, five generations of the Bujanda family have produced some of the finest wines from Rioja. It was Joaquín Martínez Bujanda who started the company with 10 hectares of vines in Rioja Alavasa and over the years the estate has expanded to include vineyards across the region.
Chosen as one of the 5 Best Wine Cellars of Rioja by Wine and Spirits magazine their Conde de Valdemar range of wines includes the crisp, energetic Viura white and a selection of beautifully made Tempranillo wines from Crianza through Reserva and the top-of-the-range Gran Reserva, a blend of Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano from the family vineyards in Oyón, Logrõno and Ausejo.
About the Region: La Rioja
La Rioja is a Denominación de Origen (DO, or designation of origin) wine region in northern Spain. The most famous wine region in Spain, and rightly so, La Rioja is located south of the Cantabrian Mountains along the River Ebro, and is split into three regions—Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Baja. For red wines, think Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo, from easy drinking Joven and Crianza styles through to deep, complex Reserva and Gran Reserva examples.
For white wines, the principal varieties are Viura, Malvasia and Garnacha Blanca. The region also grows international varieties of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Verdejo. With its degraded sandstone and limestone soils, the image of stark vineyards dotted with gnarled bush-vines, warms the heart of the wine-lover—as do the wines in the glass.
