At this Cordovin family cellar fermentation starts spontaneously and sulfite use is held back until just before fining, with some bottlings made with no SO2 added.
Tip: Low-intervention rather than certified; the clarete and macerado whites are the most distinctive bottles.
Address: Calle Mayor 12, 26323 Cordovin, La Rioja, Spain
Tentenublo's minimal-intervention approach avoids the animal-derived fining agents used in conventional cellars, relying on spontaneous fermentation and long settling rather than egg-white or gelatine fining, which keeps the wines suitable for vegan drinkers.
Tip: Low-intervention cellars like this usually skip animal fining; confirm the specific cuvee with the importer if strict vegan status matters.
Pedro Balda bottles unfiltered with no added sulfites as a matter of philosophy, working tiny natural-farmed plots in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Among the lowest-intervention sulfite regimes in Rioja.
Tip: These wines have no added sulfites at all, so store and serve them with the care natural wines deserve.
David Sampedro and Melanie Hickman farm 17 hectares of estate vineyards in Elvillar that are certified organic and certified biodynamic by Demeter International since 2021, worked with plough-horses and an off-grid solar cellar. The Phincas wines are single-plot Rioja Alavesa.
Tip: Demeter certification arrived in 2021; the Phincas range is where the biodynamic, single-plot philosophy shows clearest.
The Eguren family's Paganos estate works its single vineyards biodynamically though without formal certification, ageing El Puntido and La Nieta Tempranillo in rock-cut cellars. A mineral, terroir-led expression of Rioja Alavesa.
Tip: The biodynamic work here is uncertified; treat it as a practising estate rather than a Demeter producer.
Artadi, based outside Laguardia in Rioja Alavesa, has farmed organically and to biodynamic principles since 2002, and from the 2016 vintage carries the organic wine certification logo on every label.
Tip: Organic certification dates from the 2016 vintage; the biodynamic work is practised rather than separately certified.
Luis Arnedo's small Rioja Oriental cellar farms 36 hectares organically near Aldeanueva de Ebro, using no chemical fertilisers or herbicides and minimal cellar intervention, with oak used only when it genuinely helps the wine.
Tip: Rioja Oriental Garnacha is the focus; the wines are fresh, low-oak and honestly organic.
With this visit, you can discover centuries-old wines in the Wine Cemetery, personalize bottles, and taste unique flavors at the Wine Bar, among other activities.
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