López de Heredia Viña Tondonia Winery
We invite you to learn more about the vineyards, our history and family, that make up the company R. López de Heredia Viña Tondonia. Furthermore the result of all our efforts and love: the wines.
We hope that you will be able to appreciate the traditions we continue to uphold, after more than 131 years of history. These encompass our art, our patience in the elaboration process and the ageing of our wines.
It all started in the middle of the nineteenth century when the French negociants visited the Rioja region to find a solution to the Phylloxera blight, which was bedevilling their vineyards. Following, closely in their footsteps came our founder, Don Rafael López de Heredia y Landeta, a knowledgeable and enthusiastic student of the art of wine making.
He fell in love with the region and specially the area around Haro, the mythical capital of the Rioja Alta Region. There he perceived that magical combination of soil and climate that would offer the perfect environment for producing the wine that would eventually become world famous. Around 1877 he began the design and construction of the complex that is today known as the López de Heredia winery, the oldest in Haro and one of the first three houses in the Rioja region.
For over a century our emotions have been rooted in love and passion for this land and its harvest. We cherish our heritage and this combination of love and rigorous standards of quality has become our trademark and remains our maxim for today and the future.
After a century of wine making, López de Heredia stands as out as one of the few family run Bodegas regulated by the Denominación de Origen Rioja.