{"id":14980,"date":"2020-08-07T13:33:46","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T11:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/?p=14980"},"modified":"2021-06-06T10:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T08:45:28","slug":"visiting-bodegas-lopez-cristobal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2020\/08\/07\/visiting-bodegas-lopez-cristobal\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodegas L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Ribera del Duero."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bodegas L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Ribera del Duero, a very especial winery.<\/h2>\n<p>When I was in <a title=\"aranda de duero spain\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2020\/06\/20\/aranda-de-duero-spain-capital-of-ribera-del-duero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aranda<\/a> <a title=\"Ribera del duero wineries\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2010\/04\/28\/ribera-del-duero-wines-what-they-have-in-common-and-how-they-differ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at a meeting between wineries and bloggers<\/a>,<strong> I knew my visit to the L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Winery was going to be something special.<\/strong> At that meeting \u2013where 13 wineries from Ribera de Duero were present\u2013 I talked to Galo, who is the L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Winery Manager. Galo described his winery as a smaller <a title=\"my experiences with winemakers\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2019\/08\/23\/my-experiences-with-winemakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">family business<\/a>, with a more handcrafted production, in comparison to the rest of wineries present at the encounter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5dRuVLTA6f8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>I tasted his wine, and I liked it<\/strong>. And I liked what he told me. <strong>But what I liked the most was the way he talked to me.<\/strong> There was something in his abstract words that I managed to understand \u2013at least I think I did\u2013 after visiting his winery.<\/p>\n<p>There was much charm in his words. He insisted on the fact that their winery was a family business, and we all know the kind of things this brings along\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t have a clue of what I was going to find there, but somehow I had the feeling I was going to like it. Maybe, the mystery could have been unveiled by simply visiting their web page \u2013<a title=\"Bodegas L\u00f3pez Cristobal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lopezcristobal.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they have a very smart website<\/a>\u2013 but I didn\u2019t do it, and I believe this added some sense of adventure to the visit.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I really had a great time in Aranda, because all the projects presented there had a high level<\/strong>. It was a great experience because<strong> it was like making a puzzle<\/strong>. And this vision is significantly improved after <a title=\"winery sell\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2019\/11\/26\/visits-to-the-winery-to-sell-wine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">visiting the winery<\/a>, because the experience then became exciting.<\/p>\n<h2>Beginning of the visit<\/h2>\n<p>I called Galo and we met at about 11:30. The first thing I saw was the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/13479065@N06\/4623999423\/\">fa\u00e7ade of a huge and very smart house<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There was a little puppy bouncing around at our feet while we were walking, which certainly added a little more charm to the visit we were about to start.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing he showed us was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/13479065@N06\/tags\/lavi\u00f1a\/\">the vineyard<\/a> attached to the winery. <strong>There had been a frost that night and we could see the damage caused on the grapevines<\/strong> and the way winegrowers must deal with elements completely beyond control.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Reinstalling the winery<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14968 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bodegas Lopez Cristobal 2\" width=\"750\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-2.jpg 844w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-2-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-2-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-2-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He took us to the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/13479065@N06\/tags\/nuevanave\/\"> premises <\/a><strong>where he is locating the Winery<\/strong>. This warehouse <strong>belonged to a flour manufacturing company<\/strong> that had closed five years earlier. They bought the warehouse and<strong> restored the whole building<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment of the visit, they were moving the tanks from the old premises, which were certainly much smaller and lower in height. Despite the economic crisis, and after having bought the warehouse, they had not desisted from their will to reinstall the winery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Galo kept on <strong>repeating it was not the best moment to visit the place with all those changes going on. Nevertheless, I was very happy to be there at that time.<\/strong> This helped me to understand better than ever what the winery was like in the past and their plans for the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the best way to feel the essence of a real entrepreneur<\/strong> \u2013a person who leaps into investment with great personal and economic efforts, and without expecting results in the short term. <strong>One of the things I feel most attracted by in the world of <a title=\"another story madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2019\/12\/21\/wine-and-travel-lovers-are-nice-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wines is the\u00a0courage<\/a><\/strong> <a title=\"travel lovers tours\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2019\/12\/21\/wine-and-travel-lovers-are-nice-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that certain\u00a0people<\/a> attach to commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Is he\u00a0moving the tanks? It looks as if he did not. <strong>The premises were completely neat<\/strong>. From all tanks, he proudly showed me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/13479065@N06\/tags\/dep\u00f3sitosdenuevageneraci\u00f3n\/\">two last-generation tanks<\/a> where he manufactures his best wines with his best grape juices.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14970\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14970\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-3.jpg\" alt=\"Bodegas Lopez Cristobal 3\" width=\"750\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-3.jpg 844w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-3-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-3-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-3-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bodegas Lopez Cristobal 3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0The technology applied in these two tanks seeks a more uniform mixture, that is to say, the perfect overpumping. These tanks are his most precious treasure. But he always says, \u201cthese tanks are quite good, but the key is the vineyard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technology offers you the possibility to produce much better wines. And this is the path we want to follow<\/strong> if it heads us to obtain better results. <strong>But there is nothing to do if we fail in the vineyard<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I have visited many wineries so far and I am amazed to see the way each winery finds different solutions to reach the final product.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0I have not found any other sector in which entrepreneurs show their personality, their ability to pursue new challenges and their romanticism in such an evident way as they do in this sector.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>In the barrel room<\/h2>\n<p>We moved on to the next rooms. In the second one we could see the barrels. <strong>This is the old part of the Winery<\/strong>, where height is clearly reduced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>At the new L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Winery premises, height is totally different<\/strong>. It will be possible to work in a more comfortable way, and their business image will be more consolidated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It will be no longer just a family winery \u2013although it will still keep its charm\u2013 as they will become a \u201cPremier-League\u201d Winery<\/strong>. I saw the height of the warehouse and I could imagine how hard it must have been moving these huge objects given the low height of the premises.<strong> There is much merit in what\u00a0they are doing.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14972\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14972\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-4.jpg\" alt=\"Bodegas Lopez Cristobal 4\" width=\"750\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-4.jpg 844w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-4-600x451.jpg 600w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-4-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bodegas-Lopez-Cristobal-4-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bodegas Lopez Cristobal 4<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Then we got into the house.<\/strong> Galo said that <strong>was the old family house where he grew up.<\/strong> He also told us his father was in charge of the vineyard and that he was dealing with the winery in the whole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The house has much potential. It is a wonderful house \u2013very smart and beautiful, with a simple structure.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>In the <a title=\"vineyards near madrid\" href=\"https:\/\/beta.winebus.es\/en\/2020\/04\/03\/a-wine-tasting-from-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tasting room<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Galo told us \u201cyou may like or not all the things I have just shown you,<strong> but the moment has come.<\/strong> <strong>Now it is the time for the wine to express itself\u201d. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although he said he didn\u2019t want to get into the conventional descriptions of a tasting, he did explain a brief detail of each one of the products, which we enjoyed immensely.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We tasted his wines \u2013<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/13479065@N06\/4624631594\/in\/photostream\/\">Roble (oak) 2009, Crianza, Reserva and Bag\u00fas.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He explained each one of them in detail and the way they had managed to create four differentiated products. He also explained the way he had tried to stay in touch with different market sectors through different product quality and prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>He aims at consumers with certain knowledge of wines but with price limitations \u2013for them he offers<\/strong> Roble 20<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lopezcristobal.com\/LopezCristobal_en\/Los%20Vinos\/Roble\">09 <\/a>(tasting note<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lopezcristobal.com\/LopezCristobal_en\/Los%20Vinos\/Roble\">)<\/a>\u00a0and Crianza (tn). \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>They don\u2019t forget about their most sophisticated customer, who doesn\u2019t care much about prices, and for whom they offer<\/strong> Reserva (tn) and Bag\u00fas (tn<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lopezcristobal.com\/LopezCristobal_en\/Los%20Vinos\/Bag%FAs\">). <\/a>Most of their production is based on Roble and Crianza. This used to be like this in the past and 2010 will not be an exception \u2013prices are set according to times.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the wines, they were all very good in their styles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I wish L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Winery good luck<\/strong>. I believe Galo has very clear ideas and he is putting all the means so they may be performed in the best way.<\/p>\n<p>See you soon, Galo.<\/p>\n<p>Written by<\/p>\n<p>Ignacio Segovia<\/p>\n<p>CEO of Winebus<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bodegas L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Ribera del Duero, a very especial winery. When I was in Aranda at a meeting between wineries and bloggers, I knew my visit to the L\u00f3pez Crist\u00f3bal Winery was going to be something special. 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