Bodega Naia

Located in La Seca, DO Rueda, the “ground zero” for the Verdejo grape variety, Bodegas Naia began producing Verdejo wines in 2002. In the beginning, Naia winery decided to make the Verdejo their main grape, which it remains to this day. To diversify its portfolio, though, the winery started cultivating Sauvignon Blanc, a French variety that has adapted very well to the Castilian plateau.

The Bodega Naia winery has around 23 hectares of vineyards situated between 700-800 metres above sea level, some of which are over 120 years of age.. The region has extreme differences in temperature throughout the year, that can go up to 50ºC between cold winters and summers. As for the rain, it rarely exceeds 500 mm per year.

At the Naia winery harvest is always carried out by hand and at night, usually around the month of September, picking only the grapes that have achieved complete and faultless ripeness. After the harvest, the vinification process begins under the supervision of La Seca native oenologist Laura Sanz. Some of the grapes undergo pre- ermentation maceration, while others are preserved in cold storage facilities before the vinification process begins to create more aromatic wines. Once alcoholic fermentation is completed, some wines are aged in tanks and others go into wooden vats or oak barrels.

The wines of Bodega Naia winery currently comprises four Verdejo wines and two Sauvignon Blancs wines. The top-tier bottles are Náiades and Prehistórico, both made from centenary Verdejo vineyards.

• Year of foundation: 2002
• Address:  Camino San Martín, s/n
• City: La Seca
• Province: Valladolid
• Zip code: 47491
• Country: Spain
• Phone number: 34 628 434 933
• www.bodegasnaia.com
• Guided visits? No
• Wine tourism services? No