Paraje de la Virgin

MacRobert & Canals is a small family-owned winery that started through the integration of Bryan MacRobert a South African winemaker and grape grower, into the Canals family, who have been living in Rioja for over forty years. They are an atypical project in Rioja differentiated by their roots, experience and winemaking philosophy. We prioritise the vineyard over the cellar and they strive to produce high quality terroir transparent wines that show the diversity of the soils, vineyards, varieties and climates that exist within the region.

A single vineyard wine made from a 0,7199 hectare vineyard planted in 1920 on a western facing slope next to the village of Lanciego, Rioja Alavesa.They have named the vineyard “Paraje de la Virgen” referencing to the plot´s name La Virgen as the geographical location of this vineyard. Bunches are hand picked and the grapes are sorted by hand. Following a gentle press and traditional fermentation the wine is aged in oak barrel for one year. Naturally stabilised and clarified.

300 bottles made