{"id":36879,"date":"2021-12-14T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norex.fi\/baron-de-ley-wines-combine-personality-quality-and-the-heart-of-rioja\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:03:13","slug":"baron-de-ley-wines-combine-personality-quality-and-the-heart-of-rioja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norex.fi\/en\/baron-de-ley-wines-combine-personality-quality-and-the-heart-of-rioja\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar\u00f3n de Ley wines combine personality, quality and the heart of Rioja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The esteemed and large Spanish wine producer Bar\u00f3n de Ley is located in the heart of Rioja, Spain’s largest wine-producing region, in Mendavia in a magnificent building complex that the Count of Egu\u00eda had built in 1548 as his fortress. In 1568 it passed into the ownership of the Benedictines, and the monks produced wine there and raised sheep in the area until the 1830s. After that, the estate has had several powerful owners, and after many phases and years, the estate finally passed into the ownership of Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s founders in 1985. <\/p>\n\n

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The monks produced wine in the monastery and raised sheep in the area until the 1830s.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s philosophy is to make Rioja wines at their finest, respecting the tradition of long oak barrel aging typical of the region. The producer has over 600 hectares of vineyards in different parts of Rioja. The extent of the vineyards, multiple locations and cultivation of ten different grape varieties provide a good palette for the visions of Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s winemakers Pablo Tasc\u00f3n and Gonzalo Rodr\u00edguez and for the quality of the wines, from which the producer’s reputation stems. <\/p>\n\n

The producer’s large size does not prevent meticulous wine production. The vineyards produce an astonishing 1.8 million kilos of grapes annually, which are harvested and sorted by hand. Most wines from Rioja are red, but in addition to red wines, Bar\u00f3n de Ley produces white wines and ros\u00e9s, such as Bar\u00f3n de Ley Blanco<\/strong><\/a> and Bar\u00f3n de Ley Rosado de L\u00e1grima<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

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Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s aging cellar is the second largest in the world.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The producer specializes in Reservas<\/strong> <\/a>and Gran Reservas<\/strong><\/a>, which honor Rioja’s tradition of long aging in French and American oak barrels. Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s aging cellar is the second largest in the world. There are over 30,000 oak barrels in total. They are renewed annually to ensure quality and to preserve the character of the wines from vintage to vintage. In addition to barrel aging and bottle aging cellars, Bar\u00f3n de Ley has steel tanks and concrete tanks for ros\u00e9s and white wines. <\/p>\n\n

The diversity of Rioja defines Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s winemaking. Creative winemakers develop products and production, experiment with winemaking technologies and also cultivate newer and rarer grape varieties. Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s wines have indeed received many awards, for example in the current year 2021<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

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The producer has vineyards in several areas in Rioja, for example in Mendavia, Carbonera and Cenicero, as well as in Los Almendros (pictured).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Many of Bar\u00f3n de Ley’s wines are specifically food wines. Spanish celebrity chef Omar Allibhoy shows how to prepare traditional Spanish dishes and how to pair them with wines. In the videos below, you can see how to make, for example, classic seafood paella or patatas con chorizo<\/em>, a potato stew with chorizo sausage. <\/p>\n\n

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