Bodega Convento de Oreja S.L. — Attraction in Peñafiel

Visiting Convento Oreja winery became very quickly our highlight during our tour around La Ribera del Duero. I contacted Antonio using the email address on their website requesting a guided visit with tasting for the October bank holiday weekend and he replied quickly and providing all necessary info and payment was done on arrival. The visit and tasting went for under 2 hours and run smoothly mainly due to Antonio’s pleasant nature and his passion to show the work he has put into his business for the last 20 years. The expertise and pride that shows when the owner of a small winery shows you around his own place is incomparable to any other given visit to one of the big famous wineries where you are shown by a guide and the actual focus of the visit is turned to a fancy building or a popular brand. Our visit with Antonio, was private, intimate and felt genuinely special. He adapted to our interest and replied to all of our questions sometimes more related to daily life around this part of the world and day to day business than to the production of the product itself. The surroundings are beautiful so we had great photo opportunities and Antonio invited us to try some of the local cheese. What else could you ask for? 10 out of 10. Extremely happy we found you...

Llevábamos un tiempo queriendo visitar alguna bodega D.O de Rivera de Duero de la zona, entre la gran cantidad de oferta nos decantamos por Convento de Oreja por su puntuación, las reseñas y lo que vimos en la web. Queríamos algo "familiar" pero a la par exclusivo e interesante y creo que no se puede dar más en el clavo.

Desde el primer momento su atención ha sido de diez. Julio nos hizo una visita de casi dos horas explicando todo al detalle, respondiendo todas nuestras dudas e inquietudes con gran conocimiento de todos los temas e incluyendo la cata de tres de sus vinos y una tapa con un queso espectacular de la zona también.

La visita la estructuran muy bien partiendo de sus orígenes y la historia tanto de los Ribera de Duero y la zona donde nos encontramos como de su propia marca. Luego pasamos al proceso del vino desde la vid y cómo la trabajan, características, etc, hasta las salas donde tienen sus barricas o donde guardan el vino ya embotellado.

Experiencia de 10 en todos los aspectos, desde el trato humano hasta su producto, un vino de muy buena calidad, del cual, no tuvimos mas remedio que llevarnos...

Antes amazing place to visit to truly understand whow wine is made. The whole winery team leads you through the path of the grape, from the plant it self to the bottle. During the grape picking season you'll be able to pick the grapes from the plant and taste it's first flavor as a mosto (juice directly from the harvest). An experience that most be...