Villachica is located opposite the river Duero, in the municipality of Toro, Zamora province, center of the Certificate of Origin Toro.
The name of our brand Villachica comes from meadows of Villachica, the spot where the bodega is situated, also called Pago de san Andrés (single vineyard of san Andrés). The name refers to Luis Villachica, the first owner, who bought it during the expropriation of Mendizábal in the XIX century.
Although we elaborate wine and we arrived in Toro many years after the historical events that gave birth to our wine brand, we wanted to keep to origin of the place name.
VILLACHICA ORIGIN
What is now a bodega surrounded by vineyards in front of the Duero river, was time ago a big property which belonged to Victoriana de Villachica, extramarital Luis’ daughter, an upper-class person of that time and heir of the Marquisate of Villachica. She had a palace built in the property, and although it doesn’t exist anymore, she used to spend long periods there during the year. After she passed away, and as she hadn’t had children, the estate was given to Zamora Diocese, and the palace became the bishop’s summer residence for a long time.
The propriety was on sale in 1980. The diocese decided to put on sale and it was bought by Angel San Miguel de Pablos with the idea of transforming it into a bodega. Ten years later he managed to elaborate his first wine. That is how the very beginning of the new century started with Villachica, the first vintage year for the bodega. This was a turn in the history Pago de San Andrés.
Villachica is located opposite the river Duero, in the municipality of Toro, Zamora province, center of the Certificate of Origin Toro.
The name of our brand Villachica comes from meadows of Villachica, the spot where the bodega is situated, also called Pago de san Andrés (single vineyard of san Andrés). The name refers to Luis Villachica, the first owner, who bought it during the expropriation of Mendizábal in the XIX century.
Although we elaborate wine and we arrived in Toro many years after the historical events that gave birth to our wine brand, we wanted to keep to origin of the place name.
VILLACHICA ORIGIN
What is now a bodega surrounded by vineyards in front of the Duero river, was time ago a big property which belonged to Victoriana de Villachica, extramarital Luis’ daughter, an upper-class person of that time and heir of the Marquisate of Villachica. She had a palace built in the property, and although it doesn’t exist anymore, she used to spend long periods there during the year. After she passed away, and as she hadn’t had children, the estate was given to Zamora Diocese, and the palace became the bishop’s summer residence for a long time.
The propriety was on sale in 1980. The diocese decided to put on sale and it was bought by Angel San Miguel de Pablos with the idea of transforming it into a bodega. Ten years later he managed to elaborate his first wine. That is how the very beginning of the new century started with Villachica, the first vintage year for the bodega. This was a turn in the history Pago de San Andrés.