Vineyards

Bodegas Mitarte owns 45 hectares of vines situated in Labastida in the Rioja region of Northern Spain, specifically named San Vincente de la Sonsierra y Haro, and is heralded, by some, to produce the very best of the famous Rioja wines. The Mitarte vineyard area is divided into more than 50 plots and, unlike many of the European vineyards, the vines in each plot can range up to 100 years old. Particular wines are made from particular age vines with the top wines often coming from the oldest vines. The most abundant vines are grown as the “bush” variety without the use of the posts and wires for support normally associated with vineyards. The very thick trunks of these vines are able to withstand the wind, even with a full canopy of grapes, but because the grapes are subsequently grown closer to the ground, the picking is a little harder on the back and this growing system is not suitable for harvesting by machine.