FINCA NUEVA

Finca Nueva is the younger sibling of Rioja’s highly respected and almost mythical Allende winery, the creation of one of Spain’s finest winemakers, Miguel Ángel de Gregorio, and his sister Mercedes. Finca Nueva was created as a device to shrug aside the constraints of Riojan tradition and allow the talented and influential Miguel Ángel a wider scope for his skills.

The winery is based on 20 hectares of vines in Briones that are not used for Allende. While the Allende wines are serious in nature – tannic wines derived from vines immersed in iron-rich clay – the Finca Nueva expressions are fruitier and more immediately accessible, grown on largely calcareous soils and crafted with a new generation of wine drinkers in mind.