Bodega > Bodegas y Viñedos Lleiroso S. A., a winery in the Appellation of Origin Ribera del Duero and located in the Valbuena de Duero's village area (Valladolid), started in July 2005. The relationship between the old master and oenologist and an enterprising chemist turned this project into a reality.

This innovative winery is mainly focused on making and ageing first-class wines. The design and construction, by the highly prestigious architect Elesio Gatón Gómez, is pioneering.

When this architect was given the job to build the cellar, in first place he tried to recall the traditional way for winemaking, i.e., slowly, in the absent of light, in a fresh and warm environment during winter, lacking of significant temperature swings and so peacefully that it seemed as if the air were motionless

Then, he considered the possibility of an underground cellar, however serious problems cropped up quickly: water level was closer to the outer ward than thought.

So finally, he decided on building a wine ageing facility with the optimal conditions typical of an underground cellar, but elevated: walls were coated with soil, which works as insulator; the upper area was topped by a pool with sun shades so that preventing water to warm up. The sun shades also contrive to secure a constant draught with their elevation system. At the end, a natural isolation plus the best conditions to ageing wine were completely achieved.