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  • 5/5 Angela J. 8 months ago on Google
    The best La Rioja bodega tour you could possibly book. We went to two bodega tours and the passion, joy, history, and thoroughness of this tour is truly unparalleled. They offer tours in Spanish and English, I'd reach out for sure to see if they offer tours in other languages. To book you should reach out via WhatsApp, and you can easily just message or call them on there. It was only 18 euro per person for the tour and you really get to learn about the history, origins, and methods of how wine is made and how it is specific to Cenicero and the calados (underground wine cellars). We were offered generous portions of tapas and jamón ibérico (many types) to accompany the wines. I haven't even gotten to the WINES. They are of the best we've tasted in the region. Extremely smooth with clear notes. You can smell the quality before you even taste it. We walked away purchasing a whole case and the Gran Reserva, and even then we thought the wine was extremely affordable for the quality of the price. You can't buy this wine in any store or online, you can only do so by coming to this calado, so please don't miss out! Lastly, the locals who run this calado are truly special and have built deep friendships and relationships with others in the town of Cenicero and it is truly a joy to see. They pause a lot to let you ask questions and pose questions back to you to get you thinking about how wine is made. One of the best tours I've ever been on and a top experience I recommend to anyone I know traveling to La Rioja!
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  • 5/5 Karin F. 8 months ago on Google
    Amazing tour with Alicia! Beautiful place, amazing story, and the most amazing wine we have had in this area after spending 8 days here. We will definitely come back cause this is the best to en our honeymoon

  • 5/5 Joanna K. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing experience. Angel is a passionate that has his own production and carries on the family legacy. Incredibly charismatic and kind. The tour was informative and absorbing. We have spent 2 hours in a nice atmosphere and beautiful surrounding and enjoyed tasteful wine and embutidos ibericos. It was a great choice on our ruta de vino.

  • 5/5 Christine G. 11 months ago on Google
    What an amazing, one-of-a-kind experience. We were guided by Angel on a two hour storytelling adventure where we learned about his family’s wine legacy. He provided wine from the start and took us to various rooms below to explain the ancient wine making process. This tour is a must if you are in Cenicero because you will not find these wines anywhere else. If you love history (wine making dating back before the Romans), you will appreciate all of the stories about winemaking that Angel so eloquently tells. I speak Spanish (as a second language) and could follow about 95% of what he said. I was trying to also translate for my husband and Angel was very patient, but also warned me in the beginning that full translation would be difficult. He was right. However, being inside the various rooms and seeing the ancient tools used, the visuals helped to understand so much better. The experience involved all of your senses. You will not regret this amazing experience.

  • 5/5 Mark M. 11 months ago on Google
    A fantastic tour of a fascinating boutique winery with a very rich history. Our guide Alicia spoke perfect English. She was very knowledgable, and managed to share with us the owner, Angel's passion for the legacy that he is priviliged to preserve and share. The tapas provided was delicious, the wines are excellent and very reasonably priced, and the wine tastings were overly generous. We were priviliged to meet Angel and spend some time with him at the end of our tour. This was the best possible way to spend a couple of hours in La Rioja.

  • 5/5 Jamie D. 1 year ago on Google
    Alicia is very knowledgeable and friendly. she took time to explain the whole process. it is amazing that she has family connections. I'm so pleased we took the time to visit this interesting place. i love the wine!

  • 5/5 Tine B. 9 months ago on Google
    Great experience! We received a personal tour of the bodega which shows the history of the wine making by different generations of the family and of course nice wines to taste along the tour.

  • 5/5 Teacher L. 1 year ago on Google
    Angel gave us a great tour of his local bodega. The wine tasting started from the beginning and carried on through out, rather than waiting until the end like other larger vinyards. The wine was delicious and he even let us try his Gran Reserva that he had open. 100% recommend.


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