But without doubt, Pago de los Capellanes‘s flagship is ‘Parcela El Picón’. A wine produced from a two-hectare plot of Tempranillo that, owing to its genetic peculiarities and special microclimate, generates extraordinary ripening of the tannins’ qualities. In 1998, after monitoring this plot exhaustively over a period of several years, a decision was made to harvest and work the fruit from these two hectares independently from the rest of the bodega’s wines. Since then only three vintages have gone on the market.

The result is a long-life wine. Cherry in colour with floral aromas, with hints of blackberry and undergrowth and traditional French oak spices such as cinnamon, leather, tobacco, truffle and black liquorice. A complex wine in the mouth. Long and persistent, it opens our senses right the way through the tasting process. In summary, it is in its optimum moment to drink and its roundness and fullness will not disappoint.

And lastly, the most recent wine to be presented by the bodega in 2006: ‘Parcela El Nogal’, rated with 95 points by the prestigious US magazine Wine Spectator, a rating that indicates that we are before a wine of “distinction”. It is one of Ribera del Duero’s most individual wines, produced from a six-hectare plot of Tempranillo with a yield of 4,000 kilograms per hectare. From this wine, floral and fresh fruit aromas fill our senses, opening the way for vanilla, cacao, roast and new leather highlights that confirm the excellent coupage between wood and grape. Sandalwood and spicy tones, as well as tobacco or liquorice leave an agreeable and persistent memory. Its presentation in the mouth is elegant, fleshy, filling the palate with freshness. The first impression is potent and complex with a long aftertaste, intense, from a very ripe grape with round and noble tannins.

These are Pago de los Capellanes’s distinguishing marks. It sells 40 percent of its produce abroad, with its main markets being the US, the United Kingdom, Germany, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and South Korea, although it is also present in many other countries on the European, American and Asian continents.