Proprietor: Alfonso Sanz Rojo founded Bodegas Matarredonda in 2000, owns 62 acres of old Tempranillo vines in the town of El Pego, south west of Toro. His first vintage was 2001.

Winemaker / Vineyard Managers: Rosa Zarza and Alfonso Sanz.

Location: Located in Zone 2, North West of the Rueda. The vineyards are in the town of el Pego, at 2,480 ft altitude with a warmer microclimate within the Toro DO. Grapes grown here usually ripen earlier, avoiding late September rains.

Wines Made: Juan Rojo and Libranza.

Climate: Continental (Zone 2) cold nights and hot days with moderately low levels of rainfall. The vineyards of Matarredonda have an average temperature between April and October of 63.4º F. and 9.1 inches of rainfall during the active growing season. In contrast, the climate is warmer than Ribera del Duero and Rueda DO’s encouraging faster grape ripening with darker pigmentation and lower acidity. The wines process unique characteristics, with fatter, richer textures, fuller body and with chewy, denser tannins.

Soils: The vineyards have deep sandy soils, poor in organic matter, good water drainage and subsoil composed of thick layers of limestone and clay with good water retention. The surface of warmth retaining sand continues to ripen the grapes at night and the low pH content gives higher acidity
contributing to the lively fruit character of Matarredonda wines. Due to the short ripening season, the grapes are harvested in early September (earlier than usual for the Toro DO) providing consistency from vintage to
vintage by avoiding the damage caused by late September rains.

What makes Matarredonda wines unique?

* Sandy Soils

* Pre- Phylloxera vines that are 70 to 140 years age old vines producing lower yields, resulting in greater aromatic fruit intensity and concentration.

* Earlier harvest than many producers in the region thus avoiding late September rains and picking unripe grapes ex: 2002 vintage.

* Consistent in quality year after year.

* “Dry farming” with no irrigation with low humidity giving healthy fruit and low yields of 4.4 pounds (2 kg) of grapes per vine.

BREAKDOWN OF VINEYARDS

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There are 13,925 acres of vineyard
land in Toro.

Sandy Soils keep phylloxera away. 30% of vineyards in spain have never been effected by phylloxera. .

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