Pago de Carraovejas
Pago de Carraovejas
Bodegas Pago de Carraovejas was founded in 1987 by José María Ruiz with a view to producing wine that was good enough to pair with his restaurant’s suckling pig. He chose a hillside site at Carraovejas, in Peñafiel in the then largely unknown Ribera del Duero. The site was a real find. With soils comprising of alternating layers of sandy silt and clay, with limestone, marl, and chalk, it was free-draining, mineral poor and at 850m above sea level, cool and able to offer the vines a long growing season. They were the first to plant Cabernet Sauvignon in the region and they now have plantings of Merlot too. In support of their belief in sustainable winemaking, vines are farmed organically and much of the vineyard work is done by hand. They now produce three wines: the Pago de Carraovejas, El Anejón and Cuesta de las Liebres. All are classics, but the Cuesta de Las Liebres is one of Ribera del Duero’s superstar wines.
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Country: Spain, Ribera del DueroGrapes: TempranilloABV: 15%Style: Rich Full Red92 Points - Tim Atkin MW. When a producer’s ‘entry-level’ wine scores 92/100 from leading Spanish wine critic Tim Atkin MW and 93+ from Robert Parker, you know it’s something special. But then everything about Pago de Carraovejas Tinto 2021 is special. From its exceptionally well-sited high-altitude vines to its meticulous hand production, and the input from Pingus’s and Vega Sicilia's winemakers it’s a remarkable wine, one that every lover of fine Spanish red wine needs to try. Produced from a -
Country: Spain, Ribera del DueroGrapes: TempranilloABV: 15.5%Style: Rich Full Red95 Points - Tim Atkin MW. The El Anejon 2018 is another multi-award-winning wine from Bodega Pago de Carraovejas, one of the Ribera del Duero’s superstar wineries. Meticulously produced from a steeply sloping single vineyard close the Duero River, it’s an exotic blend of organically farmed Tinto Fino (81%), Cabernet Sauvignon (7%) and Merlot (12%). Only produced in exceptional vintages such as 2018, it receives the same regal treatment that the rest of Bodega Pago de Carraovejas’ wines. Grapes -
Country: Spain, Ribera del DueroGrapes: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, MerlotABV: 15.5%Style: Rich Full RedWhen a producer’s ‘entry-level’ wine scores 92/100 from leading Spanish wine critic Tim Atkin MW and 93+ from Robert Parker, you know it’s something special. But then everything about Pago de Carraovejas Tinto is special. From its exceptionally well-sited high-altitude vines to its meticulous hand production, and the input from Pingus’s and Vega Sicilia's winemakers it’s a remarkable wine, one that every lover of fine Spanish red wine needs to try. Produced from a blend of Tinto Fino, Cabernet S -
Country: Spain, Ribera del DueroGrapes: TempranilloABV: 15%Style: Rich Full Red97 Points - Guia Penin. Pago de Carraovejas Cuesta de Las Liebres 2018 is one of the greatest wines of the Ribera del Duero. The 2018 scored 94 from Robert Parker, cementing its reputation as a wine to be compared with the likes of Vega Sicilia and Pingus. Made exclusively from Tinto Fino, the local name for Tempranillo, from a single high-altitude (850m above sea level) vineyard in only great years, since its release in 1991 it has become one of the most sought-after wines in all of Spain. Prod
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