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What makes the site so exceptional is the extreme range of altitude: the lowest plots start at 400 metres, while the highest parcels climb to 700 metres. The limestone soils of the Montejurra give the wines a distinctive minerality that you notice on the palate straight away. Emilio Valerio, who has run the estate since 1980, works with <strong>old vines averaging 35 years of age<\/strong>, and some of the Garnacha vines are as much as 80 years old. Their old root systems burrow deep into the limestone and produce wines that speak more of the soil's minerality than of fruit.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignright wp-image-219838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie1.webp\" alt=\"Traditional cellar at Laderas de Montejurra with French barriques\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Benedictines, Horses and a Frenchman<\/h2>\n<p>Winegrowing on the Montejurra goes back more than a thousand years, to the time when Benedictine monks planted the first vines here. This <strong>\"Benedictine influence\"<\/strong> still shows today in the biodynamic farming of the estate, which has been certified organic since 2002. Emilio Valerio works the soil with horses and does without irrigation entirely, so the vines have to fend for themselves. The French oenologist Olivier Rivi\u00e8re brings his Bordeaux experience to Navarra. Rivi\u00e8re, who also runs his own biodynamic estate in Rioja, has a masterly touch for bringing out the character of Spain's different terroirs without imposing his French style on them.<\/p>\n<h2>Garnacha Tales from the Heights<\/h2>\n<p>Here it is <a href=\"\/en\/sorte\/grenache\/\" title=\"Grenache, the queen of Spanish red wines\">Garnacha<\/a> that dominates, with the particular elegance it gains at altitude. Unlike on the hot plains, it develops a fascinating complexity during the cool nights of Dicastillo. La Merced 2018 shows impressively what old Malvasia vines can achieve at these heights: a white wine with the structure of a great red, mineral and powerful. For everyday drinking, the <a href=\"\/en\/emilio-valerio-2020-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Emilio Valerio 2020, an elegant blend from Navarra\">Emilio Valerio 2020<\/a> is a fine choice, a blend that perfectly reflects the house philosophy, which puts <strong>a sense of place before concentrated fruit<\/strong>. At the top of the range sits the <a href=\"\/en\/leorin-2013-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Leorin 2013, a top wine with ageing potential\">Leorin 2013<\/a>, a wine that shows how well great Garnacha from Navarra can age.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignleft wp-image-219839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie2.webp\" alt=\"Emilio Valerio at a tasting\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>French Barriques, Spanish Soul<\/h2>\n<p>For vinification, Rivi\u00e8re relies on <strong>French barriques, but with a subtle hand<\/strong>. The oak is meant to support the minerality of the limestone soils, not mask it. Depending on vintage and cuv\u00e9e, the wines spend varying lengths of time in wood, but never so long that the freshness of the high vineyards is lost. What strikes you immediately at a tasting is that these wines do not taste of Spain's warm south; instead they show an almost Burgundian elegance. This comes from the cool nights at 600 metres, which give the grapes a long ripening period at moderate temperatures. Emilio Valerio and Olivier Rivi\u00e8re have developed a <strong>unique terroir profile<\/strong> here that shows Navarra from an entirely new side.<\/p>\n<\/div>","second_description_i18n":{"en":"<h2>Limestone and the Thrill of Altitude<\/h2>\n\nThe vineyards of Laderas de Montejurra cover <strong>40 hectares spread over 70 different parcels<\/strong> on the slopes of the Montejurra massif. What makes the site so exceptional is the extreme range of altitude: the lowest plots start at 400 metres, while the highest parcels climb to 700 metres. The limestone soils of the Montejurra give the wines a distinctive minerality that you notice on the palate straight away. Emilio Valerio, who has run the estate since 1980, works with <strong>old vines averaging 35 years of age<\/strong>, and some of the Garnacha vines are as much as 80 years old. Their old root systems burrow deep into the limestone and produce wines that speak more of the soil's minerality than of fruit.\n\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-219838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie1.webp\" alt=\"Traditional cellar at Laderas de Montejurra with French barriques\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\n<h2>Benedictines, Horses and a Frenchman<\/h2>\n\nWinegrowing on the Montejurra goes back more than a thousand years, to the time when Benedictine monks planted the first vines here. This <strong>\"Benedictine influence\"<\/strong> still shows today in the biodynamic farming of the estate, which has been certified organic since 2002. Emilio Valerio works the soil with horses and does without irrigation entirely, so the vines have to fend for themselves. The French oenologist Olivier Rivi\u00e8re brings his Bordeaux experience to Navarra. Rivi\u00e8re, who also runs his own biodynamic estate in Rioja, has a masterly touch for bringing out the character of Spain's different terroirs without imposing his French style on them.\n\n<h2>Garnacha Tales from the Heights<\/h2>\n\nHere it is <a href=\"\/en\/sorte\/grenache\/\" title=\"Grenache, the queen of Spanish red wines\">Garnacha<\/a> that dominates, with the particular elegance it gains at altitude. Unlike on the hot plains, it develops a fascinating complexity during the cool nights of Dicastillo. La Merced 2018 shows impressively what old Malvasia vines can achieve at these heights: a white wine with the structure of a great red, mineral and powerful. For everyday drinking, the <a href=\"\/en\/emilio-valerio-2020-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Emilio Valerio 2020, an elegant blend from Navarra\">Emilio Valerio 2020<\/a> is a fine choice, a blend that perfectly reflects the house philosophy, which puts <strong>a sense of place before concentrated fruit<\/strong>. At the top of the range sits the <a href=\"\/en\/leorin-2013-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Leorin 2013, a top wine with ageing potential\">Leorin 2013<\/a>, a wine that shows how well great Garnacha from Navarra can age.\n\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-219839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie2.webp\" alt=\"Emilio Valerio at a tasting\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\n<h2>French Barriques, Spanish Soul<\/h2>\n\nFor vinification, Rivi\u00e8re relies on <strong>French barriques, but with a subtle hand<\/strong>. The oak is meant to support the minerality of the limestone soils, not mask it. Depending on vintage and cuv\u00e9e, the wines spend varying lengths of time in wood, but never so long that the freshness of the high vineyards is lost. What strikes you immediately at a tasting is that these wines do not taste of Spain's warm south; instead they show an almost Burgundian elegance. This comes from the cool nights at 600 metres, which give the grapes a long ripening period at moderate temperatures. Emilio Valerio and Olivier Rivi\u00e8re have developed a <strong>unique terroir profile<\/strong> here that shows Navarra from an entirely new side.","fr":"<h2>Calcaire et ivresse des sommets<\/h2>\n\nLes vignes de Laderas de Montejurra couvrent <strong>40 hectares r\u00e9partis en 70 parcelles diff\u00e9rentes<\/strong> sur les pentes du massif de Montejurra. Ce qui rend ce site si exceptionnel, ce sont ses \u00e9carts d'altitude extr\u00eames : les parcelles les plus basses commencent \u00e0 400 m\u00e8tres, les plus hautes grimpent jusqu'\u00e0 700 m\u00e8tres. Les sols calcaires du Montejurra donnent aux vins une min\u00e9ralit\u00e9 caract\u00e9ristique, que l'on per\u00e7oit imm\u00e9diatement en bouche. Emilio Valerio, qui dirige le domaine depuis 1980, mise sur de <strong>vieilles vignes de 35 ans d'\u00e2ge moyen<\/strong>, certains ceps de Garnacha atteignant m\u00eame 80 ans. Ces vieux syst\u00e8mes racinaires s'enfoncent profond\u00e9ment dans le calcaire et donnent des vins qui parlent davantage de la min\u00e9ralit\u00e9 du sol que du fruit.\n\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-219838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie1.webp\" alt=\"Cave traditionnelle de Laderas de Montejurra avec barriques fran\u00e7aises\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\n<h2>Des b\u00e9n\u00e9dictins, des chevaux et un Fran\u00e7ais<\/h2>\n\nL'histoire de la viticulture sur le Montejurra remonte \u00e0 plus de mille ans, lorsque des moines b\u00e9n\u00e9dictins y plant\u00e8rent les premi\u00e8res vignes. Cette <strong>\u00ab influence b\u00e9n\u00e9dictine \u00bb<\/strong> se retrouve aujourd'hui encore dans la conduite biodynamique du domaine, certifi\u00e9 bio depuis 2002. Emilio Valerio travaille le sol avec des chevaux et renonce totalement \u00e0 l'irrigation, si bien que les vignes doivent se d\u00e9brouiller seules. L'\u0153nologue fran\u00e7ais Olivier Rivi\u00e8re apporte en Navarre son exp\u00e9rience bordelaise. Rivi\u00e8re, qui dirige en parall\u00e8le son propre domaine biodynamique dans la Rioja, excelle \u00e0 faire ressortir les particularit\u00e9s des diff\u00e9rents terroirs espagnols sans leur imposer son style fran\u00e7ais.\n\n<h2>Histoires de Garnacha en altitude<\/h2>\n\nLa <a href=\"\/fr\/sorte\/grenache\/\" title=\"Grenache, la reine des vins rouges espagnols\">Garnacha<\/a> domine ici, avec cette \u00e9l\u00e9gance particuli\u00e8re que lui conf\u00e8re l'altitude. Contrairement \u00e0 ce qui se passe dans les plaines chaudes, elle d\u00e9veloppe pendant les nuits fra\u00eeches de Dicastillo une complexit\u00e9 fascinante. La cuv\u00e9e La Merced 2018 montre de fa\u00e7on saisissante ce que de vieilles vignes de Malvasia peuvent donner \u00e0 ces altitudes : un vin blanc dot\u00e9 de la structure d'un grand rouge, min\u00e9ral et puissant. Pour tous les jours, on se tournera vers l'<a href=\"\/fr\/emilio-valerio-2020-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Emilio Valerio 2020, une cuv\u00e9e \u00e9l\u00e9gante de Navarre\">Emilio Valerio 2020<\/a>, une cuv\u00e9e qui refl\u00e8te parfaitement la philosophie de la maison, o\u00f9 <strong>l'expression de l'origine prime sur la concentration du fruit<\/strong>. Le sommet de la gamme est le <a href=\"\/fr\/leorin-2013-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Leorin 2013, un grand vin de garde\">Leorin 2013<\/a>, un vin qui montre comment une grande Garnacha de Navarre sait vieillir.\n\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-219839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie2.webp\" alt=\"Emilio Valerio lors d'une d\u00e9gustation\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\n<h2>Barriques fran\u00e7aises, \u00e2me espagnole<\/h2>\n\nPour la vinification, Rivi\u00e8re mise sur des <strong>barriques fran\u00e7aises, mais avec doigt\u00e9<\/strong>. Le bois doit soutenir la min\u00e9ralit\u00e9 des sols calcaires, pas la masquer. Selon le mill\u00e9sime et la cuv\u00e9e, les vins passent plus ou moins de temps en f\u00fbt, mais jamais au point de perdre la fra\u00eecheur de l'altitude. Ce qui frappe d'embl\u00e9e \u00e0 la d\u00e9gustation, c'est que ces vins n'ont rien du Sud chaud de l'Espagne : ils affichent une \u00e9l\u00e9gance presque bourguignonne. Cela tient aux nuits fra\u00eeches \u00e0 600 m\u00e8tres d'altitude, qui offrent aux raisins une longue maturation \u00e0 des temp\u00e9ratures mod\u00e9r\u00e9es. Emilio Valerio et Olivier Rivi\u00e8re ont d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 ici un <strong>profil de terroir unique<\/strong>, qui montre la Navarre sous un jour enti\u00e8rement nouveau.","it":"<h2>Calcare ed ebbrezza d'alta quota<\/h2>\n\nI vigneti di Laderas de Montejurra si estendono su <strong>40 ettari suddivisi in 70 parcelle diverse<\/strong> sui versanti del massiccio del Montejurra. Ci\u00f2 che rende questo luogo cos\u00ec straordinario sono le forti differenze di altitudine: le parcelle pi\u00f9 basse partono da 400 metri, le pi\u00f9 alte arrivano fino a 700. I suoli calcarei del Montejurra conferiscono ai vini una mineralit\u00e0 caratteristica, che si avverte subito al palato. Emilio Valerio, alla guida dell'azienda dal 1980, punta su <strong>vecchie viti con un'et\u00e0 media di 35 anni<\/strong>, e alcuni ceppi di Garnacha arrivano addirittura a 80 anni. Questi vecchi apparati radicali scendono in profondit\u00e0 nel calcare e danno vini che raccontano pi\u00f9 la mineralit\u00e0 del suolo che il frutto.\n\n<img class=\"alignright wp-image-219838 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie1.webp\" alt=\"Cantina tradizionale di Laderas de Montejurra con barrique francesi\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\n<h2>Benedettini, cavalli e un francese<\/h2>\n\nLa storia della viticoltura sul Montejurra risale a oltre mille anni fa, quando i monaci benedettini vi piantarono le prime viti. Questa <strong>\"influenza benedettina\"<\/strong> si ritrova ancora oggi nel metodo biodinamico dell'azienda, certificata biologica dal 2002. Emilio Valerio lavora il terreno con i cavalli e rinuncia del tutto all'irrigazione, cos\u00ec le viti devono cavarsela da sole. L'enologo francese Olivier Rivi\u00e8re porta in Navarra la sua esperienza bordolese. Rivi\u00e8re, che parallelamente conduce una propria azienda biodinamica in Rioja, sa far emergere con maestria le peculiarit\u00e0 dei diversi terroir spagnoli senza imporre il suo stile francese.\n\n<h2>Storie di Garnacha d'alta quota<\/h2>\n\nLa <a href=\"\/it\/sorte\/grenache\/\" title=\"Grenache, la regina dei vini rossi spagnoli\">Garnacha<\/a> qui domina con la sua particolare eleganza d'altura. A differenza di quanto accade nelle pianure calde, nelle notti fresche di Dicastillo sviluppa una complessit\u00e0 affascinante. La Merced 2018 mostra in modo impressionante di cosa siano capaci le vecchie viti di Malvasia a queste altitudini: un bianco con la struttura di un grande rosso, minerale e potente. Per tutti i giorni si consiglia l'<a href=\"\/it\/emilio-valerio-2020-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Emilio Valerio 2020, elegante cuv\u00e9e della Navarra\">Emilio Valerio 2020<\/a>, una cuv\u00e9e che rispecchia perfettamente la filosofia della casa, fondata sul <strong>legame con l'origine anzich\u00e9 sulla concentrazione del frutto<\/strong>. Al vertice della gamma c'\u00e8 il <a href=\"\/it\/leorin-2013-laderas-de-montejurra\/\" title=\"Leorin 2013, vino di punta da lungo invecchiamento\">Leorin 2013<\/a>, un vino che dimostra quanto bene sappia invecchiare una grande Garnacha della Navarra.\n\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-219839 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/laderas_galerie2.webp\" alt=\"Emilio Valerio durante una degustazione\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/>\n\n<h2>Barrique francesi, anima spagnola<\/h2>\n\nIn vinificazione Rivi\u00e8re punta su <strong>barrique francesi, ma con mano leggera<\/strong>. Il legno deve sostenere la mineralit\u00e0 dei suoli calcarei, non coprirla. A seconda dell'annata e della cuv\u00e9e, i vini restano in legno per tempi diversi, ma mai cos\u00ec a lungo da perdere la freschezza dell'alta quota. Ci\u00f2 che colpisce subito in degustazione \u00e8 che questi vini non sanno del caldo Sud della Spagna: mostrano invece un'eleganza quasi borgognona. Il merito \u00e8 delle notti fresche a 600 metri di altitudine, che regalano alle uve una lunga maturazione a temperature moderate. Emilio Valerio e Olivier Rivi\u00e8re hanno sviluppato qui un <strong>profilo di terroir unico<\/strong>, che mostra la Navarra sotto una luce del tutto nuova."},"parent_name":"Rioja & Navarra","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/3129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/product_cat"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat\/3796"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lebendigeweine.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?product_cat=3129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}