Profile of La Pesquera Winery
Wine Map Ribera del Duero
Profile of Ribera del Duero Wine Region
La Pesquera, in 1972, Alejandro Fernandez and wife Esperanza licensed their bodega in Pesquera. This was well before
Ribera del Duero was a well-known region for quality wines. The 16th-century lagar and press house serving
as grape receiving and processing through the 1982 harvest. (His machine shop which ceased business in 1985
still serves as the source for stainless tanks and countless other items for vineyard and bodega.)
The barriques are a mix of American, Spanish and French oak, custom-cured and made by Spain's finest
coopers. Alejandro developed and expanded vineyards, his Viña Alta in 1972, the area's first to be
wire-trained. A current total of over 500 acres of mature vineyard is spread out over a variety of
terroirs. Wines produced by Alejandro Fernández are made exclusively from the difficult, quick-maturing
Tempranillo variety, of which he is considered a master. His world-famous Tinto Pesquera is aged a minimum
of 18 months in oak, with selected Reservas and Grandes Reservas remaining in barrel for 24 months and
longer. Other excellent wines by Alejandro Fernandez include Condado de Haza, Dehesa la Granja (In Zamora,
near Toro) and El Vinculo (In Ciudad Real, la Mancha).
"Carrying on a tradition which dates back to the eleventh century, when the first vines were planted in the
region, Alejandro Fernandez's vineyard comprises 70 hectares of vines along the banks of the river Duero.
A harsh proud and powerful region which reveres wine and the vine it comes from. The Monasterio de la Vid
(Monastery of the Vine) and the Monastery of Santa Maria Valbuena are clear proof of the almost mystical
associations wine has in the area." - Wine Spectator Magazine
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Address:
La Pesquera,
C/ Real n. 2, 47315, Pesquera de Duero (Valladolid), Spain
Tel: +34 983 870 037
Fax: +34 989 870 088
Web: www.grupopesquera.com
Email: pesquera@pesqueraafernandez.com
Winery Details
D.O.: Ribera del Duero
Founded: 1975
President: Alejandro Fernandez
Winemaker: Eva Maria Fernandez
Area under Vine: 150 ha
Age of Vines: 100 year old vines are the oldest
Oak: 100% American oak
Grape Varietals: Tempranillo
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