Castillo Labastida

Labastida is established in 1964 and is owned by the Union de Cosecheros de Labastida, a group of 152 independent growers. Together, they farm 1,400 acres of Tempranillo and Viura vines with an average age of over 30 years, producing red wines of spectacular power and intensity. Labastida’s highly skilled winemaker Manuel Ruiz carries on family tradition as the son of one of the foremost scholar-enologists in Rioja.

While modern within, Labas...

Labastida is a beautiful old village in the foothills of the Sierra Cantabria in the Rioja Alavesa sub-region, northwest of the city of Haro. The altitude here is higher and the climate cooler and wetter than in the rest of Rioja, which results in wines of unusual freshness.

Labastida wines undergo fermentation in stainless steel followed by one year in French and American oak and one year in bottle. The combination of thirty-year-old vines and meticulous winemaking create elegant Riojas with an unabashed and delicious sense of place. The winemaker is Manuel Ruiz Pedreira.

Manuel Ruiz Pedreira was born in Vitoria in the Basque Region of Spain. He studied at the School of Vine and Wine in Madrid, where he qualif...