Tondonia vineyard

Latitude between 42º 35´ 31.87´´and 42º 36´ 0.83´´ North.
Longitude between 2º 49´ 1.39´´ and 2º 50´ 0.16´´ West.
Height between 438 and 489 metres.

Between 1913 and 1914, Rafael López de Heredia y Landeta founded Viña Tondonia, which was to become the bodega´s most famous product. Viña Tondonia is a beautiful vineyard of over 100 hectares, situated on the right bank of the river Ebro, where the most typical Rioja wines are grown.

Viña Tondonia covered in snow, winter 2005

The Tondonia vineyard, of López de Heredia is the most spectacular in Haro. Situated in a shell - like depression in the terrain, alongside the Ebro river which borders the Basque Rioja, it makes up a landscape of alluvium, limestone and poplars.