Alejandro Fernández

Alejandro Fernández (1932) produced the first vintage of a red wine in 1975, named to honor his hometown: Pesquera de Duero. Tinto Pesquera broke the mold. It was a vigorous, bold, highly structured wine with many tannins, quite different from the claretes and overly alcoholic wines that were being produced in the region at the time (with the exception of Vega Sicilia, of course). Its international breakthrough came when the global wine guru Robert Parker awarded 98 points to Tinto Pesquera 1982, comparing it to the legendary Pétrus. Together with his wife, Esperanza Rivera, and daughters, Alejandro continued to expand his legacy by founding wineries in different regions: Condado de Haza, also in Ribera del Duero; Dehesa La Granja (Zamora); and El Vínculo, the latter in the lands of La Mancha. Since 2019, Alejandro Fernández has been disconnected from the winemaking group, which is now in the hands of his granddaughters, the third generation of the family.