winery

Vinos La Zorra

The discovery

With nature. If it tolerates you.

The La Zorra winery in the Salamanca region is a pioneer when it comes to old varieties and sustainable viticulture in a biosphere reserve.

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The winery

In Mogarraz, foxes and hares still say Buenas Noches to each other. In the biosphere reserve, Agustín's vine bushes grow in the untamed wilderness - hidden between wild rosemary and forest.

In 2012, Agustín and his wife Olga founded the La Zorra winery with an attached restaurant - a real family business. Agustín can especially rely on his friend and cellar master Ramiro. The two of them have the same vision with their joint project: they want to preserve the heritage of their homeland and use new, modern techniques to demonstrate the top quality of the old varieties. And in doing so, amaze the whole world. An ambitious goal. They are particularly fond of the old grape variety Rufete, which has adapted perfectly to the wild Sierra de Salamanca since pre-Roman times. Their focus is on quality and therefore on small quantities. On honest and respectful treatment of wild nature and not on the mass production of cheap wine. The wildness in the wine is also reflected in the eponymous vixen, “La Zorra”, who regularly roams through the wild vineyards.

Wild vine in the biosphere reserve.

For La Zorra, an honest and respectful approach to nature is an absolute must. Winegrowing in a biosphere reserve would not be possible otherwise - that much is clear.

Avoiding mass production.

In contrast to their more renowned neighbors, Agustín and Ramiro avoid mass production. Their focus is on top quality and small quantities.

"With modern technology, we demonstrate the top quality that lies in the heritage of our homeland: the old varieties."

850m

above sea level

1940

planting of single-vineyard wines

2017

founding of La Zorra

The location

Wild terroir in Salamanca.

Rufete is on slate soils. Slate has a high capacity to store heat. There are also many minerals in the rock, which give the wine its unmistakable character. Calabrés is on granite soils. The grainy rock (granite from the Latin granum = grain) is rich in quartz and feldspar as well as dark minerals such as mica, which are closely intergrown. This resulted in soils that are poor in nutrients and tend to acidify as a result of very long weathering processes. Soils from weathering of granite are rather barren, shallow, sandy, sometimes coarse, sometimes powdery. They do not retain water well, but are good at storing heat.