Bodegas Alejos - Rioja
Ref: Alejos
Bodegas Alejos was founded in 1988 by the Ruiz-Alejos Ruiz family, dedicated to viticulture and the elaboration of wines. In the heart of La Rioja, between Tudelilla and Arnedo, there is a privilidged area famous for the quality of it's wines. It is here where you will find the vineyards of Bodegas Alejos. One part of these vineyards belonged to Nicolas Morales, from Arnedo. He entered his wine in the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition, winning a Bronze Medal and receiving a diploma.
Initially the cellar was in Tudelilla and due to expansion neccessities and the provision of modern tenchical advances since 1991 it is found in Agoncillo., maintaining the production of quality wines as its main objective.
Bodegas Alejos is a modern, dynamic winery. The actual installations consist of three annexed buildings with a total capacity of 1 million litres.
The first is used for the production and storage of wines in stainless steel, the central air-conditoined building is used for the ageing of the wines (first in American and then French oak) with a capacity of about 2500 barrels. The last building is used for bottling and contains its own laboratory for quality control.
