History of Navarra wines
The Appellation of Origin Navarra
Wineyards
Regulating Council
EVENA
Fraternity of Navarra wines
Navarra sommeliers club
Organics wines
Rosé wines
Small grain muscat
The Pacharán

 

From the vineyards,....to the wines

With a surface area of 10,000 squares kilometres, a population of half a million inhabitants, located between the Pyrenees and the Ebro, Navarra has very attractive characteristics thanks to its nature, landscape, history, culture, and traditions.
Situated at the border with France, Navarra is a natural gateway towards the European Markets. Its network of highways and roads provides a direct link with the most important commercial areas on the local market.

Navarra landscape has always had vineyards. During the Middle Age, it was a Royal privilege to possess great extensions of vineyards. It was the monks, in monasteries, that were used to work the soil and look for new varieties and techniques of cultivation.

In its greatest period of expansion, Navarra had up to 50,000 hectares of vineyards lie in the best lands of a privileged zone between Bordeaux and Rioja, a famous and well-known area where vines give the best of its fruits.

Navarra wines usually proceed from "Garnacha", "Tempranillo", "Mazuelo" or "Cabernet-Sauvignon". Together with the quality of these grapes, two other factors contribute to enhance the personality and quality of Navarran wines. On one hand, the atmospheric and ground conditions. On the other, a combination of traditional and modern methods for wine elaboration.

This is how Navarra red wines were born: full-flavoured, and with the elegance relevant to great wines. This is how, every year, the unique, unbeatable Navarran Rosés, unequalled and well known for their colour, brightness, freshness and lightness are elaborated. This is how, every year, the white wines, full of harmony and youth are presented.

 

 

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