Rioja’s Largest Wine Estate… and Best-Kept Secret
Nestled in the Ocón Valley, a UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve thirty kilometers southeast of Logroño, where populations of wild boar, deer, foxes and eagles greatly outnumber the human inhabitants, Casa La Rad is the largest and most ecodiverse wine estate in the Rioja region.
The Tuscany of La Rioja
The Casa La Rad estate encompasses 800 hectares of land (about 2,000 acres) in the subregion of Rioja Oriental, near the town of Ausejo. Sometimes called the Tuscany of La Rioja due to its natural beauty, the area features a series of foothills that overlook the Ebro River plain to the north, and rise up gradually toward the Sierra de La Hez mountains and Castilla-Leon border in the south.
The scale and biodiversity of Casa La Rad are unmatched in Rioja. Spread across the finca’s rugged terrain one finds grain fields, olive groves, almond orchards and grapevines, side by side with 400 hectares of unsullied woodland and wildlife.
A Viticultural Paradise
Vineyards cover 112 hectares of the land at Casa La Rad—only 14% of total acreage—with an altitude variance of 150 meters from the lowest elevations to the highest. Uppermost of these parcels at 675 meters above sea level is the venerable “Casa de La Rad” block, home to 23 hectares of Garnacha, Malvasía and Viura planted in 1974 and 1975. Vineyard age throughout the estate exceeds thirty years on average.
Eco-Diversity
Casa La Rad’s unique landscape, shaped by varied elevations and topographical orientations, is home to an exceptional diversity of terroirs. These range from the classic alluvial, clay, and limestone soils of the Ebro basin to the rockier, iron-rich soils found in the estate’s more mountainous areas.
This extraordinary mix of terroirs, elevations, grape varieties, and thriving flora and fauna is rare—even among the world’s most prestigious wine estates. But the true complexity of Casa La Rad is best experienced where it matters most: in your glass.
