Marqués de Vargas Selección Privada 2017 is a Viñedo Singular wine, the result of a coupage that combines the elegance of tempranillo, the freshness of mazuelo, and the intensity of garnacha. Born from vineyards certified as organic, after 22 months of aging in new French oak barrels, it offers a refined structure and exceptional aging potential.
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General features
Type of wine
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10% Garnacha tinta, 72% Tempranillo, 18% Mazuelo
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
17 de junio de 2020
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14.5
General Information
Marqués de Vargas Selección Privada 2017 comes from the historic plots 'La Victoria', 'La Garnacha', and 'Manolo', with vines over 40 years old, located in Rioja Alta. Clay-limestone soils with gravel and pebbles, a privileged orientation, and optimal sun exposure. The vines are cultivated following sustainable viticulture parameters and are declared as 'Viñedo Singular' vineyards, factors that give the wine a unique personality, with freshness, structure, and great aging potential.
Manual harvest in 12 kg boxes, with selection on a sorting table after cooling to 6-8 ºC. Fermentation with native yeasts and aging for 22 months in new French oak barrels with different toast levels, aiming for elegance and complexity.
Founded in 1989 at the Pradolagar estate (Logroño, Rioja Alta), Marqués de Vargas is synonymous with tradition and excellence. Its philosophy is based on producing single-estate wines with sustainable practices and respect for the terroir. This Selección Privada reflects the essence of the winery: elegance, authenticity, and character.
Marqués de Vargas Selección Privada 2017 pairs wonderfully with red meats, game, Iberian ham, traditional stews, and aged cheeses. Its structure and complexity make it the perfect companion for intense dishes.
Creators' opinion
Marqués de Vargas Selección Privada is an intense cherry-red wine with ruby highlights. Expressive nose with ripe red and black fruits, balsamic notes, spices, cocoa, and tobacco. Silky and broad on the palate, with fine tannins and a long, persistent finish.
The winery
Winery
Bodegas y Viñedos Marqués de Vargas is a firm that faithfully inherits the legacy of a winemaking saga linked to wine since 1840, when Felipe de la Mata, the eighth Marqués de Vargas, carried out the first plantings of vitis vinifera near Logroño. In 1989, one of his heirs, Pelayo de la Mata, the current Marqués de Vargas, definitively changed the family's winemaking direction and committed to the creation of a winery dedicated to producing small batches of high-quality wines. This is how Bodegas y Viñedos Marqués de Vargas was born, located in the heart of Rioja, on the outskirts of Logroño, with a style reminiscent of French ‘châteaux,’ surrounded by a splendid vineyard.
A 70-hectare vineyard cultivated on poor clay-limestone soils, where traditional native grapes of the D.O.Ca. Rioja such as tempranillo, garnacha, mazuelo, and graciano dominate, but where there is also space, to a lesser extent, for other experimental varieties. The vines are subjected to very controlled yields, so that each hectare of vineyard produces between 4,000 and 5,000 kilograms of the highest quality grapes in the service of their refined wines.
Over the years, other wineries have joined this original one, forming the Grupo Vinícola Marqués de Vargas, composed of this firm, Pazo San Mauro (D.O. Rías Baixas), and Conde de San Cristóbal (D.O. Ribera del Duero).