Collection: Bodegas Pago de la Larraínzar
Spain - Navarre
[Passion engraved on the pilgrimage route, a family-run wine story]
150 years ago, the Larrainzar family purchased a bodega in Ayegui, next to the Irache Monastery, at the foot of Mount Montejura, on the famous Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. Their great-grandfather, Rui Larrainzar, founder of Pago de Larrainzar, planted Tempranillo vineyards and established a small bodega producing small quantities of wine. His wine won a gold medal at the wine competition held on the occasion of the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition.
The Larraínzar family gradually moved away from winemaking, but for Miguel Canalejo, the memories of that time, along with Pago de Larraínzar, remain vivid.
In 2001, he decided to realize a dream he had been nurturing for many years: to produce wine on his family's land and bring a unique product to the world. His two children helped him achieve this dream: Miguel oversees the technical aspects, while Irene Canalejo is responsible for marketing and sales.
Today, the winery owns a 13-hectare bodega and practices a method known as micromanagement, whereby the vines are irrigated whenever necessary, regardless of the season, by mastering the soil and controlling the growth of each plot. The grapes are hand-picked and carefully selected.
