37 editor-picked Viura producers across 1 region.
A guide to Viura worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.
One of the oldest bodegas in Rioja, founded in 1858 at Elciego, famous for its titanium City of Wine hotel designed by Frank Gehry and its long-aged Reserva and Gran Reserva reds.
Tasting: Guided winery tours and tastings at the City of Wine complex, plus the Frank Gehry-designed hotel, restaurants and spa; book through the estate.
A founding house of modern Rioja established in 1852, based at the Ygay estate near Logrono and renowned for its long-aged Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva and the Capellania white.
Tasting: Tours and tastings of the Ygay estate and castle by reservation, including the flagship Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva.
A classic Haro house founded in 1890 in the Barrio de la Estacion, celebrated for traditional long oak ageing in its Vina Ardanza Reserva and Gran Reserva 904 and 890.
Tasting: Guided tours of the historic Barrio de la Estacion cellars and tastings of the Vina Ardanza and Gran Reserva 904 and 890; by reservation.
Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana, founded in 1879 in Haro and still family-owned, makes the Cune, Imperial Gran Reserva and Monopole white ranges from the Barrio de la Estacion.
Tasting: Tours of the historic Haro cellars, including a building attributed to the Eiffel workshop, with tastings of Cune, Imperial and Monopole; by reservation.
The most traditional house in Rioja, founded in 1877 in Haro and still run by the founding family, famous for decade-long barrel ageing of Vina Tondonia reds, whites and rosados.
Tasting: Tours of the historic cellars and the Zaha Hadid-designed pavilion shop with tastings of Vina Tondonia and Vina Bosconia; by reservation.
A family house founded in 1932 in the Barrio de la Estacion at Haro, one of the last bodegas with its own cooperage, making Prado Enea Gran Reserva and the modern Torre Muga and Aro.
Tasting: Guided cellar tours showing the in-house cooperage, with tastings of Prado Enea, Torre Muga and Aro; also a wine bar and balloon rides.
A small Barrio de la Estacion house at Haro dating to 1886, making classic Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva alongside a terroir range of single-village bottlings.
Tasting: Boutique-winery tours and tastings in the Barrio de la Estacion, including the terroir-selection wines Pancrudo and Cerro las Cuevas; by reservation.
A historic Haro bodega founded in 1901, now part of the Codorniu Raventos group, known for its Vina Pomal label and the La Vicalanda Reserva and Gran Reserva.
Tasting: Tours of the historic cellars with tastings of the Vina Pomal range and the La Vicalanda Gran Reserva; by reservation.
A pioneering single-vineyard producer at Laguardia founded in 1985, famous for Vina El Pison. Artadi withdrew from the Rioja DOCa in 2015 to label by site rather than ageing tier.
Tasting: Tours and tastings of single-vineyard wines such as Vina El Pison; by reservation. The estate left the Rioja DOCa in 2015 over terroir labelling.
A meticulous Samaniego estate founded in 1989, known for selecting only the shoulders of each bunch, producing structured Reserva, Gran Reserva and the cult Trasnocho.
Tasting: Tours showing the estate's grape-selection and shoulder-bunch method, with tastings of the Reserva and Gran Reserva; by reservation.
A family bodega at Villabuena de Alava in Rioja Alavesa, founded in 1970, drawing on old-vine parcels for its Reserva de Familia and top cuvee Hiru Racimos.
Tasting: Guided tours and tastings at Villabuena de Alava, including the Hiru Racimos and the old-vine Reserva de Familia; by reservation.
The premium project of the Luis Canas family in Villabuena de Alava, created in 1996, specialising in old-vine Tempranillo and Graciano and a barrel-fermented Viura white.
Tasting: Tours of the gravity-fed cellar at Villabuena with tastings of the old-vine Amaren reds and the barrel-fermented white; by reservation.
A grower-family bodega at Samaniego in Rioja Alavesa, producing fresh estate reds and whites and the old-vine Gloria de Ostatu from a single plot.
Tasting: Family-run tours and tastings at Samaniego, including the Gloria de Ostatu old-vine selection; by reservation.
A Villabuena de Alava bodega founded in 1987 and flagship of the Artevino group, making modern oak-aged reds and a barrel-fermented white with an on-site restaurant.
Tasting: Tours, tastings and a restaurant at Villabuena de Alava, including the El Regalo and single-vineyard reds; by reservation.
A quality-driven estate at Briones founded in 1995 by Miguel Angel de Gregorio, making the Allende red and white plus the prestige Aurus and the old-vine Calvario.
Tasting: Tours of the cellar in the historic Palacio de Ibarra at Briones, with tastings of Allende, Aurus and Calvario; by reservation.
The flagship of the Eguren family at San Vicente de la Sonsierra, founded in 1957, making the Sierra Cantabria range plus the prestige Amancio and El Bosque.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at San Vicente de la Sonsierra of the Sierra Cantabria, Amancio and Coleccion Privada reds; by reservation.
A large historic house at Oyon tracing to 1861, best known internationally for the etched-bottle Faustino I Gran Reserva and a broad range of Reserva reds.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at Oyon, including the frosted-bottle Faustino I Gran Reserva; by reservation.
A Haro house founded in 1924, now part of the Zamora Company, producing a wide Rioja range led by the Mirto and Lalomba single-vineyard wines.
Tasting: Guided tours of the Haro winery with barrel and bottle halls, tastings and a wine bar; by reservation.
A boutique Rioja Alta producer at Ollauri founded in 1998 by Luis Valentin and Carmen Enciso, making essentially one classically styled Reserva plus a barrel-fermented Viura.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at Ollauri of the single-label Valenciso Reserva and the barrel-fermented white; by reservation.
The only historic bodega in the urban centre of Logrono, founded in 1890 as a French-Spanish venture after phylloxera, known for the Bordon reds and the off-dry Diamante white.
Tasting: Tours of the historic city-centre winery in Logrono with tastings of the Bordon and Diamante ranges; book through the wine-tourism site.
A long-established Cenicero house founded in 1890, recognisable by its castle-like facade, making the traditional Vina Albina and Monte Real Reserva and Gran Reserva.
Tasting: Tours of the castellated Cenicero winery with tastings of the Vina Albina and Monte Real ranges; by reservation.
A family group based at Elciego in Rioja Alavesa, founded in 1986, producing the Muriel range and the more traditional Conde de los Andes Reserva and Gran Reserva.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at Elciego of the Muriel and Conde de los Andes ranges; by reservation.
A grower bodega in Rioja Alta at San Asensio keeping the tradition of underground rock-cut calado cellars and foot-treading, offering hands-on harvest experiences alongside its reds.
Tasting: Visits to traditional rock-cut calado cellar-caves at San Asensio with tastings and the annual grape foot-treading experience; by reservation.
Family bodega in Haro's Barrio de la Estacion with its own cooperage; guided tours end in a tasting of estate Riojas across the ageing rooms.
Founded 1879 in Haro, CVNE pours across an open-air wine bar plus guided tours of the Eiffel-designed barrel hall and the Imperial cellar.
Historic Haro house pouring Vina Alberdi, Vina Ardanza, Vina Arana and Gran Reserva 904; tours close at a wine bar with tapas.
Founded 1852 around the Castillo de Ygay, Murrieta runs estate tours with a museum and a paired premium tasting of its Ygay range.
Briones estate pairing a guided cellar tour with tastings of the family Riojas, alongside the on-site wine culture museum and Baco vine garden.
Family bodega above 2 km of excavated cellar tunnels in Rioja Alavesa; guided visits end at a tasting room with vineyard views.
Family wine-tourism pioneer in Cuzcurrita pouring barrel samples that contrast oak origins, ending with a blending tasting and crianza.
A 37-plot grower-producer in San Vicente de la Sonsierra making precise single-variety whites and serious Graciano. A reference for left-bank Sonsierra terroir.
Tip: The white grape varietal bottlings are the connoisseur's pick; allocations are small and move through specialist merchants rather than the cellar door.
Roberto Olivan's low-intervention, old-vine project near Vinaspre, making vivid field-blend Rioja with spontaneous ferments and minimal sulfites.
Tip: Look for the village-and-vineyard bottlings rather than the entry wine; the Escondido and single-site cuvees show what old-vine Vinaspre can do.
A Demeter-certified biodynamic estate at Elvillar in Rioja Alavesa, ploughed by horse, making site-driven Phincas wines from organic old vines.
Tip: The estate was certified biodynamic by Demeter in 2021; the Phincas range is the one to taste for the single-vineyard story.
A French-born grower making terroir-led, organically farmed Rioja across Rioja Oriental and Alta, with a Burgundy-inspired village-and-site hierarchy.
Tip: His outlook is terroir-first rather than oak-tier; the village and lieu-dit cuvees reward seeking out over the entry wines.
A Cordovin family winery reviving Rioja clarete and skin-contact whites with spontaneous fermentation and minimal added sulfites.
Tip: Seek out the macerado white and the clarete; they are a window into Rioja styles that the big houses largely abandoned.
A small organic family cellar in Rioja Oriental making fresh, low-oak Garnacha and Tempranillo from Aldeanueva de Ebro.
Tip: Rioja Oriental Garnacha is the calling card here; the wines show the warmer, fruitier side of the region with restraint.
Spain's oldest white-wine brand, Monopole is a crisp, lightly textured Viura with citrus and a saline snap. A reminder that white Rioja is one of the country's great value categories.
Tip: Serve it cold with anchovies or grilled white fish; at this price it is a brilliant aperitif white.
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