Granja Remelluri: La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri
Granja Remelluri: La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri features on the Gingerguide audio walk through La Rioja Bodegas. Give it roughly ~120 min: enough to look, hear a two to three minute story on the spot, and ask the AI guide whatever the story leaves open.
- Type distillery
- Suggested visit ~120 min
- La Rioja Bodegas La Rioja Bodegas guide
About Granja Remelluri: La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri
Remelluri is one of Rioja's oldest and most historically significant single-estate wineries, situated on the site of a medieval hermitage and monastery (Monasterio de Toloño, dating to the 12th century) near Labastida in Rioja Alavesa, it was one of the first estates in Rioja to practice estate bottling and champion single-vineyard Rioja.
Granja Remelluri has been continuously inhabited and farmed since at least the 12th century, when a hermitage dedicated to Our Lady of Remelluri was established on the site. The estate was farmed by a local family, the Rodero family, before being acquired by Jaime Rodríguez Salís in 1967, a Basque art historian who recognized the potential of the site for fine wine production and began the conversion to quality wine. The estate encompasses approximately 80 hectares of vineyards on the south-facing slopes of the Sierra de Cantabria, at altitudes of 500-800 metres, plus orchards, vegetable gardens, and the restored historic buildings of the monastery. The winery produces a single Remelluri Reserva (the flagship), a Lindes de Remelluri range (more approachable wines from neighbouring plots), and a Granja Remelluri Blanco (white wine from local white varieties). The estate is managed by Santiago Rodríguez (son of the founder) and is considered one of the benchmark producers of Rioja Alavesa.
Did you know? Medieval wine production in Rioja was dominated by monasteries and religious institutions rather than noble estates or merchant houses. The Cistercian and Benedictine orders maintained extensive vineyards throughout Rioja, Navarre, and Castile, producing wine primarily for liturgical use (Mass) and as a trade commodity. The monasteries maintained the knowledge of viticulture and winemaking through the upheavals of the Moorish occupation (711-1492 CE), the Islamic prohibition on wine meant that only Christian monasteries could legally produce and consume wine during this period.
How long is a visit to Granja Remelluri: La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri?
Set aside roughly ~120 min for Granja Remelluri: La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri. That covers a good look and the narrated story, and because you set the pace you can always stay on.
Is Granja Remelluri: La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri worth your time?
Granja Remelluri: La Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri is among the 12 narrated highlights the Gingerguide team chose for La Rioja Bodegas, so it is worth a look. Hear the story for the context, then ask the AI guide for anything more.
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