Spain has a catalog of 400 vine varieties and several wineries have come to the rescue of many of them that have almost disappeared.
Recovering the past to win the future. This is the aim of the second wave of recovery of ancestral varieties in danger of extinction. And there is a task, because Spain has a large and diverse native ampelographic heritage, with more than 400 registered vine varieties, much of it hidden, forgotten, undervalued or almost disappeared. A treasure of our genetic diversity and a botanical wealth that not only offers personality and enological potential to our wines, but can also be decisive when facing the effects of climate change, the greatest challenge currently facing viticulture, as they are usually strains resistant to high temperatures, drought, pests and diseases.
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