Castilla y León
Castilla y León
At the very heart of Spain, spread across the meseta at 700 to 900 metres, Castilla y León is a land of continental extremes, where the gap between day and night can reach thirty degrees.
Blazing days give the grapes their concentration; cold nights carve in a vivid line of acidity. That is precisely why the Tempranillo of Ribera del Duero — Tinto Fino, as it is known here — counts among the greatest red wines in the world.
West in Toro, ungrafted old vines of more than a century, spared by phylloxera, bear powerfully flavoured fruit; on the slopes of Rueda, Verdejo gives bright, exuberant whites; and in Bierzo, Mencía takes on a cool-climate refinement.
The pilgrim road that follows the Duero, past castle after castle and monastery after monastery, is also a road from one great vineyard to the next. Taste the wild, noble character of this land, honed over centuries alongside lamb roasted over embers.
