Vineyards

Vineyards

In order to produce a good wine, Ayala’s family is aware of the necessity of quality grapes. Due to this, the family is commited to a different approach to winemaking, depending on the varying vineyards where there is a wide range of varieties, soils and climates.

The winery owns 30 hectares of vineyards in the Rioja Alta (Briñas, Haro and Rodezno) and the Rioja Alavesa (Labastida). The different vineyards are subject to an integrated control, overseen by an agricultural engineer within the family, in order to get the better fruits of each and one of them.

From time inmemorial, our forefathers made the wines in the region of Santurnia, as stated by the numerous stone wine presses excavated in the rocks. San Millán’s Cartulary describe them as “Briñas, jewish and cristian vineyards from the 11th century”.

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