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Characteristics of the harvest: Año calificado como EXCELENTE por el Consejo Regulador de Rioja. The absence of frost in spring and the good environmental conditions that were conducive to the fertilization and the ripening of the grapes and offset the harmful effects of pests that attack the buds at the time of bud break and bud burst–, made to produce an abundant harvest. Despite suffering a summer unstable and stormy, this large quantity of harvest achieved high levels of quality thanks to the optimal climatic conditions of a month of October, bright and fresh, that enabled us to carry out the work of vintage and convenient way to staggered, encubando each of the varieties in their point of seasoning, mature and balanced without putting in danger at any time, the perfect sanitary state of the grapes. The work of grape harvest began on the Viña tondonia estate of the day 11 October. Aging in oak barrels: 6 years old, subject to 2 rackings per year. Clarified with whites of fresh eggs. Limited production: 35.000 bottles. Pairing: cooked fish, fried or grilled, spicy. Seafood cooked a la plancha. White meats with sauces consistent.

Viña Tondonia Blanco Reserva 2009 ( See very limited article ) Between 1913-1914, Don Rafael Lopez de Heredia and Landeta, to the couple that was building their industrial facilities, carried out the plantation Viña Tondonia, giving origin to the most well-known product of the winery. The Viña tondonia estate is a beautiful vineyard of over 100 ha, situated on the right bank of the river Ebro, where they grow the vine most typically riojanas. The Viña tondonia estate is the most spectacular in Haro. Located in a conch shell and embraced by the Ebro river, forming a peninsula, makes up a landscape of alluvium, limestone and poplars.