Area classified as Vino de Pago owned by the Spanish winery Bodegas Irache; see there.
The winery is located in the municipality of Ayegui, southwest of Pamplona, at the foot of Montejurra near the small town of Estella in the northern Spanish region of Navarre. The original vineyards were donated to the "Monasterio de Santa María la Real de Irache" by King Sancho IV of Navarre (1039-1076) in 1072. The Benedictine monastery, which was closed in the 19th century, is located on the Camino Francés of the Way of St. James and was an important pilgrim hostel in the Middle Ages. The winery...
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