Valenciso a winery in Ollauri
Valenciso is a Unique Rioja winery located in the town of Ollauri, where Carmen and Luis make an innovative wine, without losing the origin of the area. Rioja Alta.
"The most modern of the classics, the most classic of the moderns. is the definition we like best".
They are characterised by the use of cement tanks for the production of its wines.
Visits and Wine Tourism VALENCISO
Private Visit:
The most important visit exclusive of Valenciso.
It offers you the opportunity to get to know by Luis Valentín or Carmen EncisoWe will learn about the founders of Valenciso, what wine means in this region, how we pamper the vineyards, seeing them at the foot of the vine, visiting the winery, and we will finish with a wine tasting. 4 of our wines with 93+ points in national and international guidelines.
Group visit:
This experience consists of a brief Rioja explanationwe approached the vineyards around usWe took a tour of the Bodega and finished with a tasting of 2 of our wines, which have been awarded more than 93 points in national and international guidelines.
(Duration: 1.5h)
Winebar Valenciso in a winery in Ollauri
Enjoy our wines during the month of August on a schedule of Thursday to Friday from 12h to 15h and from 18h to 20:30h and on Saturdays from 12h to 15h.
Wines Valenciso | DOC RIOJA
At Valenciso we are experts in the handling of cement depots. All our red wines are fermented and stabilised in concrete tanks.
Rioja Red Reserve
Manual harvesting and processing in cement tankThe wine was fermented in stainless steel tanks, which favours elegance and unctuousness, where it also underwent spontaneous malolactic fermentation in April.
Aged 19 months in barrel after which it returned to the cement tank, where it matured for 12 months, during which time it settled and stabilised, so that clarification with egg white was not required, making it suitable for vegans.
Red Wine Cement
A wine made and aged only in a cement tank. Different and surprising. Lively, tasty, fruity, round, very pleasant and elegant.
Vino Tinto 10 years later
Bottled ten years after harvestingThis great red wine expresses our tradition as winemakers in La Rioja: experience, work, nature and passion.
2010 vintage: 95 points PARKER, 96 points PROENSA, 94 points TIM ATKIN.
Vintage 2008: 98 points Guía Gourmets. The best wines of Spain.
Graciano Red Wine
Exclusive Graciano wine In bottle of 75 cl. With very good acidity, intense colour and a certain robustness, an excellent wine.
White Wine
Different from the fermented whites of La Rioja, very special preparation. Silky, fresh, creamy. A white wine that arouses emotions.
Vintage 2019: 93 points Tim Atkin -Master of Wine.
Rosé Wine
Rosé 100% Tempranillo, extends the summer with this wine obtained by bleeding methodThe wine, with slow fermentation and long maturation, is persistent, fresh and very tasty.
You can purchase any of the Valenciso Wines through its online shop.
Valenciso the union of two surnames
The name VALENCISO comes from the union of our surnames Luis VALENTIN and Carmen ENCISO.
With the enthusiasm and the strength of youth to to undertake the project of our dreams we founded VALENCISO 21 years ago, even though we have been 38 years in the world of wine.
We have been extremely fortunate to have been able to learn from the great French winemaker Jean Gervais, and
with winemakers such as Michel Rolland and Denis Dubourdieu, without doubt among the most prestigious in the world.
Valenciso is a winery in Ollauri, the heart of the Rioja Alta, a small village with a great winemaking tradition in the north of the appellation.
For such a personal project we wanted to be in the Haro regionwhere our families come from. An emotional return that finds in the calcareous-clay soils and the influence of the Atlantic climate our ideal as winemakers.
We cultivate our organic vineyard. Small productions, we produce in cement tank to give more life to the wine, and barrels of French oak which brings elegance to the Atlantic Tempranillo.
Bodegas Valenciso and organic farming
Valenciso is present in more than 40 countries and in restaurants that are distinguished by their wine lists and prestigious wine shops. Vintage after vintage receives high scores in national and international guides.
We pamper the vineyard. In 2017 we began the transition to organic farmingwhich we have been applying in all our vineyards since 2019. Soils 100% clay-limestone soils, between 480 and 610 metres altitude, all in the north of the Rioja Alta.
Always we give priority to wine. It is the key to our success. It is very demanding. We have been able not to release two vintages -2003 and 2013- on the market because they did not meet the necessary conditions.
We are winemakers, vineyard caretakers. Our wines in their elegance keep all the care that we give them, and the life that this land gives them.
Ollauri a charming village 3km from Haro
Ollauri has been the cradle of illustrious men, with noble mansions in ashlar stone that speak of a long winemaking tradition, where old historic cellars from the 16th century, excavated in living rock, coexist with modern ones from the 21st century.
Walking through its streets you will find the Church of San Salvador 18th century with a filmy sundial. As well as mansions and palaces XVII century, such as the Palace of the Marquises of Terán or the Palace of the Count of Rodezno.
Ollauri celebrates every year two wine-related activities: The Wine Week in February and the Grape Harvest Festival in September.
Come and enjoy its landscape, its gastronomy, its people and its wines.
