Marquesa de Atiza white blend

Marquesa de Atiza white blend is made of Viura and Garnacha Blanca grapes from bush vines at 600 m altitude, located in the Sierras de Algairén and Serrallón, within DO Cariñena, which is the oldest DO in Aragón (the nearest big city is Zaragoza). Vineyards are approx. 20 years-old and the yield is around 5 tons per hectare.

Intense yellow colour. On the nose, the wine shows high intensity of white stone fruit, peach, mango together with some aromatic herbal notes that add complexity. On the palate, it is very intense and perfectly balanced with nice acidity, refreshing and providing a long finish.

In the V bC century, after 700 years of Roman occupation, Spain embraced the Roman gastronomy and winemaking culture. Hundreds of Roman villas expanded across the Iberian Peninsula and wine cellars became popular. During that Spanish Golden Century, those villas served as foundation for stablishing nobility palaces. It is said that Carmen García, Marquesa de Atiza (Marquesa in Spanish means “Machioness”), possessed one of the most popular manors in Aragón and it was rumored that she experimented in her palace’s basements. However, nobody knew what she was actually doing. In 1690, the Marchioness unveiled her best-kept secret: she had a Roman cellar under her palace. In Aragón, people still remembers her as the first woman in Spanish winemaking.