Finca Valpiedra, S.L.

Finca Valpiedra意为“石子谷”，酒庄于1999年正式对外开放，为马丁内斯家族（Martínez Bujanda）所有。

马丁内斯家族始于1889年，由卡洛斯和皮拉尔·马丁内斯的曾祖父、家族族长华金•马丁内斯（Joaquin Martinez Bujanda）创立。马丁内斯家族在种植了几十年葡萄之后，决定建一座能充分展现单一葡萄园潜力的酒庄，以此实现自己的梦想。

石子谷是一座现代化酒庄，最先进的设备与温湿调控酒窖融为一体。酒庄坐落于里奥哈的塞尼塞罗(Cenicero)和丰迈奥尔(Fuenmayor)两个村子之间，得益于坎塔布里亚山脉的保护，免受寒冷的北风侵袭。酒庄拥有80公顷葡萄园，位于海拔约400米处，形成了大西洋与地中海相互影响的微气候。这片葡萄园分为14个地块，平均树龄45年。土壤成分为沙壤土，表面覆盖大量石灰石和鹅卵石，这既是“石子谷”酒庄名称的由来，也指明了葡萄园具有的天然能力——葡萄园的石头能够吸收太阳充足的热量，起到保温作用。

1974年，酒庄葡萄园种植了第一批葡萄树，主要品种是棠普尼罗（Tempranillo），另有少量马图拉那（Maturana）、格拉西亚诺（Graciano）、歌海娜（Garnacha）和维尤拉（Viura）。所有葡萄经手工采摘、分拣，确保了优质酿酒。作为西班牙单一葡园协会(Grandes Pagos de España)的成员，石子谷与其它酒庄共同致力于高品质产品的推广。

Finca Valpiedra, which means “stone valley”, was officially opened in  1999 and is owned by Familia Martínez Bujanda which was founded in 1889 by patriarch Joaquin Martinez Bujanda , the great grandfather of Carlos and Pilar Martinez-Bujanda Irribarria.  After decades of cultivating grapes, the Martinez Bujanda family decided to fulfill a dream by building a winery that realized the full potential of this single vineyard estate. The Finca Valpiedra winery is modern but well integrated into the estate with state of the art equipment as well as temperature and humidity controlled cellars. 

Finca Valpiedra is located along the Ebro River between the villages of Cenicero and Fuenmayor, protected from the cold northern winds by the Sierra de Cantabria. Situated with Atlantic-Mediterranean influences the 80 hectares of vineyard lies approximately 400 m above sea level and are divided into 14 plots with the average vineyard age of 45 years. The soil composition is sandy loam and limestone with pebbly stones that give Finca Valpiedra its characteristic estate name and also refers to the estate’s natural ability to retain heat in the stones from the ample warmth provided by the sun. 

The first planting was done in 1974. The dominant variety is Tempranillo, but smaller plantings include Maturana, Graciano, Garnacha,and Viura.  The grapes are hand harvested and sorted guaranteeing superb quality winemaking.  As a member of the exclusive organization Grandes Pagos de España, Finca Valpiedra and other estate wineries work to promote their pedigree.