Bodega Cooperativa de L. a. Seca was once based in 1935, on the daybreak of the Spanish Civil Struggle, as winegrowing households from the small the town of L. a. Seca, in northwest Spain, sought balance amidst political uncertainty. It has since been renamed Bodega Cuatro Rayas, enjoying a key function within the financial and social concord of the DO Rueda right through a turbulent century.
The vineyard stays some of the DO’s maximum vital stakeholders, managing a complete of two,400ha from 300 individuals. Bodega Cuatro Rayas counts one of the crucial area’s oldest vineyards – together with ungrafted 120-year-old plots – amongst its individuals’ holdings. Its viticultural and winemaking programme, centered at the native Verdejo grape, yields a various vary of wines. From approachable on a regular basis drinkers to unique single-vineyard bottlings, Bodega Cuatro Rayas’ bottlings categorical the nature of Rueda’s terroirs and the fervour of those that paintings its land.
Elena Martin Oyagüe, winemaker and technical director at Bodega Cuatro Rayas
Wisdom and precision
Elena Martin Oyagüe, who joined Bodega Cuatro Rayas in 1997 and has been its technical director since 2017, highlights the expanding significance of winery and grape variety as the root of a better…
