BODEGAS ARROCAL

Let us introduce you personally our life Project, our family and our land: We are Rosa Arroyo and Moisés Calvo, we were born in this small town and from our ancestors we inherited this tradition, the vines and the land where we have been planting new vineyards.With the same affection today, together with our sons Rodrigo and Asier but adapted to the new technologies, we continue to elaborate our wines. This project began in 1999 when we took over the family vineyard and planted new plots. In 2003 we built the winery and began making our wines. The result of this project, with all its work, effort and excitement, has been ARROCAL – our passion.In the province of Burgos, there is a village called Gumiel de Mercado, a privileged place situated of the D.O. Ribera del Duero, since it has always been a town with a wine-growing tradition. Its structure is medieval and in the center of the town, there is a hill where our ancestors excavated the underground cellars to elaborate and preserve their wines.Our wines are made exclusively  from  our grapes,  the plots are located in said Burgos área, with an altitude of about 830m. and its soils combine limestone, sand, clay and gravel. We have a vineyard surface of 50 hectares, and the most widespread red variety is “Tinta fina” or “Tempranillo”, with approximately 45 hectares. Next to 2 has. of Cabernet Sauvignon, 1 ha. of Merlot and 2 has. of white variety,  “Albillo”. We bet for the respect to the land and the work of the grapevine of traditional form, continuing with the form of work that we learned of that first generation. The main objective is to follow a sustainable viticulture, a true reflection of quality wines.