Bodega y Viñedos Pradorey
Bodega y Viñedos Pradorey is located in the highest and coldest part of Ribera de Duero area, within the Royal Estate of Ventosilla. Our estate has a surface of 3000 hectares with an altitude, terrain, climate and soil composition that makes it one of the top quality areas within the Ribera del Duero Designation.The estate used to belong to the Royal family in the 15th and 16th Century. In 1982, the current owners, the Cremades family, started planting vineyards within the estate, becoming by far, the biggest vineyard owners in Ribera de Duero. We can proudly say we elaborate all our red wines with our own grape and currently have more than 545 hectares of vineyards, divided in 9 different vineyards (139 parcels/plots) with significant differences in altitude, orientation and soil composition that provide distinct single vineyard wines, some of which have been converted to organic.
Nowadays, the winery produces under its inherited name of Pradorey (which means King’s Meadow) different wines from Tempranillo majorly, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Merlot grapes. In addition, some years ago we started working with some white grapes from the area such as Albillo Mayor.
Our oenologist, Francisco Martin, and our Board of Directors, which is still composed by Cremades Family members, help maintain the spirit of the winery, under an innovative vision but being respectful with traditions and highly committed to the environment since our origins.
Pradorey is self-sufficient in electricity thanks to our hydroelectric plant by the Duero River and our solar photovoltaic farm, we use natural fertilizer for crops from our cattle, recycle all our waste and keep reducing our carbon footprint every day.
This is why we are pleased to say we have been the first ones to elaborate some exclusive red wines in the area such as El Buen Alfarero, aged on clay amphoras from the XIX century, or El Retablo, using the Criaderas y Soleras method common on Jerez. As well as more affordable but still innovative wines such as our organic pale rosé Lía, our blanc de noirs El Cuentista or our organic red wine SR. NIÑO also aged on clay amphoras. Finally as part of our signature wines, Elite and Adaro are some of our author wines with limited production too.