Ribera del Duero – the power of terroir
Tuesday 4 February 2025

The first of three articles exploring the ever-more-refined winemaking of this celebrated Spanish region. Above, some of the most impressive wines, revealed.
In 2016, on this website, we carried out a first unofficial classification of the Ribera del Duero terroirs. A few years later, in 2019, we organised another tasting, this one organised according to the elevation of each village. Both tastings were held in the region, and those visits were unique opportunities to learn about the steps that this famous Spanish DO was taking to bring itself up to date – and to silence those who had...
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