"I am the third of six siblings, an agricultural engineer by training and the initiator - together with my wife María Erquicia Domecq - of the Bodegas Bohórquez project in which my whole family has accompanied me".

ARRIVAL TO THE RIBERA DEL DUERO.

It was 1997 and after acquiring some vineyard "planting rights" (this is regulated at a national level by the Registro Vitícola) I began to investigate the lands of Rueda, Cigales and, of course, Ribera.

There were many walks to see all that the corridors had to offer, from Ávila to Soria, passing through Valladolid and Burgos. One day I stopped in Peñafiel to fill up with petrol and I saw an advertisement in the petrol station that said "11 hectares of land for sale in Pesquera de Duero". I was fascinated by its poor, stony and chalky soil!

After drinking a few glasses of my own wine on the table at the Lubiano's house (Pesquera's family), I closed the circle and completed the 21 hectares of land I wanted to start the project.

I encountered many difficulties in obtaining electricity and water for the winery. Getting a right of way, even if you pay for it, is not an easy task in these lands. But it was achieved. The former owners of Château Pavie (Saint-Émilion, Bordeaux) helped me to design the plantation - where our 1,10x1,80m frame was an innovation in the area - and the cellar. In 1999 I had already completed the plantation. Work then began on the winery, which was completed in 2002.

Today we have an avant-garde winery in the "Golden Mile" of the Ribera and vines between 720 (right bank of the Duero River) and 920 (Valderramiro) metres above sea level. Tinta Fina, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon are the colours of the BOHÓRQUEZ palette: fine, mineral and elegant wines, the hallmarks of a family proud of its history.

The Vineyard

We have selected the highest, poorest and stony lands of the Duero to grow our vines, most of which are located in the Valderramiro estate. Doubling its density, with respect to the Region, we try to encourage competition and lower yields per plant in a natural way.

These two aspects are linked to quality: We have a single plantation framework for a single wine. In this hostile environment for the vegetation, the vines move forward, transferring to the clusters all the essence of the terroir; clusters of small grapes that keep in their firm skin the secret of our wine.

Although the geographical situation, altitude and latitude, guarantee us a slow maturation, we also work in the vineyard to help it occur, making pruning, grape bunch removal and other labours. What is done slowly always comes out better.

The Grape Harvest

When the polyphenols, sugars and temperature mark it, it is time to harvest.

Tempranillo, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon go down in this order to the Winery in boxes of a maximum of 20 kilos, to avoid crushing and therefore loss of aromas.
The grapes arrive cold to the selection table, from where they go to the tank they have assigned. Small, refrigerated tanks to ensure that the fermentation takes place homogeneously and at the right temperature throughout the must.

Once that natural yeast have ended its job (total consumption of sugar), we maintain the skins in maceration to provoke the exchange of components between the skin and the juice.
Finally, malolactic fermentation will take place in barrels, in tanks, or both, depending on the year.

La Crianza (Wine Aging)

Aging lasts more than a year in our barrels, which have been selected among the best suppliers: Nadalie, Seguin Moreau, Demptos, Vicard ...

We are very careful not to stack our barrels at more than three heights to avoid temperature differences between barrels of different levels (every meter of height the average temperature of a room rises 0.5 ºC. approx.).

When the tasting committee decides, the wine comes out of the barrels to be bottled and passed to the bedroom, where it will remain, at least, one more year, rounding off.

The Winery

Tradition and avant-garde go hand in hand in a building equipped with all the measures of isolation, security and sanitary control.

We have installed a state-of-the-art treatment plant that returns the water to the river cleaner than it was taken.

We are concerned about the environment as the most.

Our Wines

 Recognitions

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Commitment

At Bodegas Bohórquez we respect and protect the natural environment.

We sponsor the Aequilibrium project, work developed by the Spanish Roe Deer Association and the Tagonius Group.

We defend sustainable viticulture and oenology. Aware of the real impact wine production has on the environment, we have created a sustainable production plan, not only focused on production, but also on the ecological sustainability of the production system. We have installed a state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant that recycles the water. We are also in the process of converting to organic farming. The soil gives us grapes of the highest quality, so we believe it is our duty to respect it.

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