Bodegas1808 - Casa Garabitero
About the Winery
In the Southern Basque Country, surrounded by vineyards and small lakes, the medieval town of Laguardia rises on a fortifiled hill. Cars are not allowed in the town as it riddled with two hundred caves underneath the surface where, even nowadays, some of the best wines of Rioja Alavesa are kept.
In one of these caves, six metres below the surface, the Martinez family began their wine enterprise in age 16th century. From the 19th century onwards, Perfecto Martinez strarts a new project which, over five generations, has managed to respect tradition and which keeps on producing wines representative of their enviroment as an identity sign.
In 2002 the last generation shift take place, which implies a new wine project based on a human team that wants to adapt to new times without giving up their ancestral identity sings.
About the Wines
We make wine because we like it, because we enjoy it, because we feel the passion. But, above anything else, because it survives us… like a book, like a sculpture or a song, like the music that will live through moments and ages.
Balanced wines that are full of subtle, delicate, vaporous nuances. Wines of passion that taste of the earth. And of the sky. Wines with personality, with temper and, why not, with a little bit of craziness.
Services
- Wireless Free
- Accommodation
- Meeting/Congress Area
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User Reviews (4)
Wonderful
After showing us the winery, a place that, by the way, they have decorated with great taste, they invited us to a pairing with some delicious homemade tapas and taught us how to do a wine tasting as it should be done.
I recommend this experience above all for the care that the hosts put into it. Thank you for that.
An unforgettable experience among wines and great people
While Jenaro was explaining everything about the wine production process with spectacular ease and clarity, Blanca was preparing some sublime pinchos to accompany the tasting.
Everything done with great detail and care.
A visit we will not forget because of the knowledge and attention provided by both of them.
In the end, of course, we brought a couple of 1808 Reserva bottles home with us because it's spectacular!
Excellent
Jenaro's explanation was super detailed, very interesting, and we left knowing new things about wine production.
The tasting was well-paired and very well explained, step by step, what you have to do and how to look for the different notes of each wine.
The pintxos were spectacular, homemade food made with a lot of love.
Recommended without a doubt.
Garabitero Winery Visit
Understandable and very enjoyable explanations that ended with a tasting of excellent wines, accompanied by equally good pinchos and with the great hospitality of Jenaro and his wife.
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