Gregorio Martínez
Little by little, Don Gregorio Martínez bought neighbouring parcels which covered three villages ( Nalda – Sorzano – Entrena), creating a property which today covers more than 100ha of land. The plantation of the vineyards in 1980 and today we have more than 40ha.
Following the premature death of Don Gregorio, today it is the second and third generation of the family who manage the estate and the cellar, backed up by the technical team which has been in place since 2001, the year the wine cellar was created.
Vineyards
It is situated in a privileged position on a balcony overlooking the valleys of the Ebro and the Iregua. On this high plain, at 700 metre above sea level, the estate is north-facing. Formerly meadows, the magnificent centenary oaks which can be found in the gardens are testament to the microclimate found here, close to the mountain ranges of Moncalvillo and Camero.
GREGORIO MARTÍNEZ General Manager
JESÚS GONZALO Sales Director
MÓNICA MARTÍNEZ Manager
ELENA STOICA Cellar
RICARDO CANTERA Technical director
JOAN Vineyard
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Situation
It is situated in a privileged position on a balcony overlooking the valleys of the Ebro and the Iregua. On this high plain, at 700 metre above sea level, the estate is north-facing. Formerly meadows, the magnificent centenary oaks which can be found in the gardens are testament to the microclimate found here, close to the mountain ranges of Moncalvillo and Camero.
Terroir
The land here is fairly homogenous, heavily influenced by the last ice age and the former course of the Iregua river. For this reason the soils are deep and made up predominantly of thick red clay and sedimentary sand, pebbles and sedimentary rock from the last ice age, which can also be found in the Moncalvillo mountain range. These soils, coupled with altitude and exposure, allow us to obtain fine wines which great ageing potential.
Parcels
Regulated by royal edict of Alfonso X the Wise in 1273. While the paths used by the glens then known as royal tours were used from old by pastoralism , the decree of Alfonso X pursued by the regulation, management and protection of certain roads whose importance , use or location deserved to be preserved for possible violations. A real gorge should have a width of 90 Castilian twigs (72.22 meters) and had the characteristic of being drawn very long haul (over 500 km ) and discourse mainly in north-south direction with the logical constraints imposed geography . With the actual control , also it was prohibited commonly performed trimming owners adjacent land by movement of markers. Our Chozo or guardaviñas wants to remember their history and meaning of it.
Varieties
Tempranillo is the main variety (we have five different clones) followed by Viura and Mazuelo. These three grapes make up the totality of the vineyard, planted at differing times.
Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The Martínez Pascual family has a 100+-hectare property in Sorzano, Nalda and Entrena in Rioja, with 80 of those hectares planted by their patriarch, Gregorio Martínez Novajas, beginning in 1970. The property is on a terrace over the Ebro and Iregua Valleys at 700 meters in altitude with a north-facing orientation, and the winery was created in 1998. They use oak to ferment the white and rosé, and they age their wines in 1,100 barrels averaging eight years of age. They produce around 100,000 bottles and sell the rest of the wine to other wineries.
