Winery Overview
In early 1945, Julio Ramírez de la Piscina followed in his parents’ footsteps by continuing to cultivate his family’s vineyards in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. With the grapes from these vines, he started producing traditional Rioja wines. In 1961, Julio moved to Bilbao with his wife Angela and began selling his wine in the old Bodeguilla Riojana in the Plaza del Corazón de María. In 1973, Bodegas Ramírez was officially founded. Seven years later, the fourth generation of the Ramírez de la Piscina family took over management of the winery, and in 1987, the name was changed to Bodegas Ramírez de la Piscina. The name change honors the family's historic surname, which is an ancient aristocratic Medieval Riojan name, originating from a 12th Century Romanesque church near the vineyards called Santa María de la Piscina. All the vineyards are estate owned and most of the plantings are Tempranillo on high density trellises. The oldest Tempranillo vineyards are head trained, and the family owns a few small plants of Garnacha, Viura, and Malvasia which are used for the Rosado and Blanco. Ramirez de la Piscina champions the tradition of aging classified, traditional styled Rioja. Part of the Jorge Ordonez portfolio