Matarromera

Matarromera Prestigio Recognized as the Best Red Wine (Old World) in China

A Spanish wine, specifically Matarromera Prestigio produced in Ribera del Duero, has been prized with The Best Old World Red Wine by the prestigious international QWINE competition. These awards were organized within the framework of the QWINE Expo Fair that was held in the city of Qingtian in Zhejiang province of China, from November 17th to 19th.

QWINE TOP 100 WINE COMPETITION AWARDS has selected Matarromera Prestigio to receive this special award from the best 100 wines of 100 wineries from all over the world, that were chosen to participate. A jury, made up by wine importers and distributors specialising in the Chinese market, chose the winning wines at the first World Fair of Imported Products held in Qingtian. This Chinese city has experienced spectacular development in terms of imported wines and is committed to creating a “World Wine Centre” and becoming China’s leading location for international wines.

As part of its strategy of growth and international expansion, Matarromera considers the Asian continent a key market for developing its high-end wine exports. Matarromera products have been present in Asia for ten years and the company’s objective is to continue growing, together with the network of importers that it has been expanding over these years. Carlos Moro, president of Matarromera, frequently travels to Asia and visited Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Changzhou last year, among other locations.

Matarromera Prestigio is a limited production wine with only 14,500 bottles produced from a specific plot: Pago de las Solanas, the most exceptional estate owned by Matarromera. Prestigio is only produced in years when the grape and the vintage reach the quality the winery demands, creating a voluminous wine with an intense cherry colour. It carries toasted tones and very ripe fruit flavors, preserving a powerful base structure of sweet tannins with a long finish. Prestigio is one of the wines that best combines the elegance and modernity of this traditional winery located in the heart of the Ribera del Duero, specifically in Valbuena de Duero, Valladolid.

About Matarromera

Bodega Matarromera is the first of the nine wineries founded by Carlos Moro that make up Bodegas Familiares Matarromera, a winemaking group dedicated mainly to viticulture. The group produces top-of-the-range wines in Spain’s six most accredited Denominations of Origin (Ribera del Duero, Rioja, Rueda, Cigales, Toro and Ribeiro). Its wineries produce top-of-the-range, internationally renowned wines.

As well as wines, Matarromera produces alcohol-free wines (WIN), distillates (Heredad de Aldor), extra virgin olive oils (Oliduero), polyphenolic grape extracts for haute cuisine (Vinesenti) and high-end grape-based cosmetics (Esdor). R+D+i, sustainability and internationalisation are the wine group’s key focuses for ensuring the success and further development of its activities.

Bodegas Matarromera are found right in the heart of the Ribera de Duero. Its facilities are partially buried in the north hillside of the Duero Valley with beautiful views that towers above the whole valley of the municipal district of Valbuena de Duero in Valladolid. 

Matarromera is born with clear international successes and keeps on wining most prestigious awards and recognition already enjoyed over its whole business development. 

Bodegas Matarromera applies a superb technology for best quality winemaking. It also incorporates a temperature-control and stainless steel vats and equipments. Bodegas Matarromera winemaking capacity reaches 650,000 litres.

Most of its 80 hectares of vines are Tinto Fino variety, with a small proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. All the vines are situated in the best terroirs around Olivares and Valbuena de Duero.

In keeping with the wine-making tradition of his ancestors, Carlos Moro decided, in 1988 to renovate the vines, and built a new cellar, where top quality Crianzas, Reservas and Gran Reservas are now being developed.

Grape Varietal: Tinta del País, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

Vineyards Growing System: Trellis System and in bush form.

Grape harvest: hand-picked in boxes of 20 kilograms.

Barrels: 2,000 American and French oak barrels.

Output: Annual average of 325,000 litres.

Types of Wines: Grandes Reservas, Reservas and Crianzas.

• Matarromera Group is a company committed to sustainability and innovation as starting points for the growth of its competitive business.
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•  It structures and develops its policies through a program of objectives and actions that cover the 2005-2015 period, called “Sustainable Matarromera on Planet Earth”.
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•  This plan involves a set of measures from the eco-efficiency of its building design, decreased energy dependence and reduction of consumption emissions, the calculation of its carbon footprint, systematic waste treatment and use of byproducts, to ecological production and environmental R&D projects.
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•  Thanks to the ongoing use of renewable energies (biomass, photovoltaic and solar thermal), its corporate headquarters, the Emina Wine Interpretation Center (Spanish abbreviation CIVE), is the first integrated sustainable development center in the wine making sector, based on both its energy self-sufficiency and as an example of sustainable construction.
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•  The seven wineries of the Group are sustainable buildings designed with natural lighting, optimal insulation and use of rainwater and waste water for irrigation of the vineyard.
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•  Matarromera was the first Spanish company with AENOR certification measuring its carbon footprint, that is, the environmental repercussions of the production of 3 of its wines, Emina Verdejo (D.O Rueda), Emina Crianza (D.O Ribera del Duero) and Matarromera Crianza (D.O Ribera del Duero), on the atmosphere and the environment.
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•  Matarromera Winery is a member of the Wine Technology Platform and participates in defining its Strategic Agenda, leading the permanent work group for Environmental Technology and Consumption, safety and health.
•  It is a part of the active consortium WINERIES FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION, leading the strategy of the national wine making sector to protect the Environment.
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•  R+D+i is one of the key commitments of Matarromera Group, with an annual investment that involves 30% of the company’s net revenue, which makes it the winery that dedicates the greatest percentage of its sales to innovation than any other in the world, and currently has 30 projects underway.
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•  As part of this commitment, Matarromera participates in various R+D+I projects in the field of environmental sustainability: Cenit Demeter and Life Haprowine projects.
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•  Matarromera Group received the European Environmental Prize from the Entorno Foundation, in the Spanish section to small and medium businesses, for the sustainable development contained in its “Sustainable Matarromera on Planet Earth”.