Rioja & Navarra — Wine Region Guide
The Rioja & Navarra maps from Your Own Wine Encyclopedia — every name tag opens a study card. Below, the chapter's own geography, climate and geology notes.
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Overview
- La Rioja is Spain's second-smallest autonomous community; capital: Logroño (~50% of region's 315,000 inhabitants); major stop on the Camino de Santiago
- Located within 3 autonomous regions:
- La Rioja — 69% of vines
- País Vasco / Álava province — 20%
- Navarra — 11%
- DOCa Rioja stretches ~62 mi/100 km NW–SE along the Ebro; ~25 mi/40 km wide
- Area under vine: 162,697 ac / 65,841 ha
- Production: ~90% tinto, ~5% blanco, ~5% rosado, <1% espumoso
History
- 1787: Real Sociedad Económica de Cosecheros de Rioja created to protect La Rioja's reputation
- Mid-19th century: Two pioneers brought Bordeaux winemaking techniques (barrique aging in barricas, estate bottling in bodegas) to Rioja:
- Marqués de Murrieta
- Marqués de Riscal
- Phylloxera arrived in Rioja: 1899
- 1930s: Spain's Consejos Reguladores regulatory system established for Rioja, Jerez, and Málaga
- 1926: Rioja pioneered the first bottle seal guaranteeing wine origin in Spain
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- Navarra