Country: Spain > Ribera del Duero
Bodegas Penalba Herraiz
Bodegas Penalba Herraiz is led by winemaker Miguel Ángel Peñalba Martínez, a lifelong resident of Ribera del Duero. With a background in Chemistry, winemaking, and business, Miguel has managed over 250 hectares of vineyards for more than a decade. He has successfully transitioned many of these vineyards from conventional farming to organic practices, and is now implementing biodynamic methods across his sites.
- Appellation: Ribera del Duero
- Owner: Miguel Ángel Peñalba Martínez and Elena Herráiz Sierra
- Winemaker: Miguel Ángel Peñalba Martínez
- Varieties Grown: Tenpranillo, Garnacha, Albillo, Monastrell
- Hectares/Age of Vines: 9.27 Hectares / from newly planted vines up to 56 and 63 year old vineyards
- Altitude/Soil: 750-850 meters / Sedimentary soils deposited byt eh Duero river, sand, gravel, clay and limestone
- Farming Methods: Certified Organic; use of biodynamic methods