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Atauta The Plantation. By Laura Fernandez In the picturesque region of Ribera del Duero, among extensive fields of vineyards in the province of Soria , there is a small treasure: Atauta and El Plantío. A town belonging to the City Council of San Esteban de Gormaz with 141 underground wineries, 9 winepresses and 19 winepresses declared a Site of Cultural Interest that, blended with the countryside, from a distance resembles a hobbit village . To get the best views you will have to climb to the top of Atauta. There, on the curve that goes down to El Plantío we meet Adolfo Tomás, mayor of the town. “We are the little cup of gold of the Ribera del Duero,” he tells us proudly. “In each season of the year we can see a different color.
It's April and, although the sky dawned overcast, the clouds are beginning to give way to the sun. Everything is green. Mayor of Atauta Adolfo Tomás, mayor of Atauta. By Laura Fernandez Atauta is a quiet town. It has barely 40 inhabitants, however, thanks to its history and wine culture, and the fight of its mayor, it has managed Norfolk Island Email List to make a place for itself on the map. There is no winemaker or winemaker who, being in the Ribera del Duero , does not feel attracted to this corner of Soria wine. “There are professionals who have been doing research work in our vineyard area for more than 23 years, analyzing the soils,” says Tomás. The El Plantío area is like an open-air wine museum . Its hundreds of wineries and winepresses, excavated in limestone rock, date back to the 19th century. However, as its mayor explains, the first records of vineyards in the area date back much earlier: they date back to the year 1201.
The Plantío, Atauta The Plantation. By Laura Fernandez “We have an Ethnographic Museum, which is in what used to be the school, where visitors can learn about the history of the Plantío and Atauta,” he tells us. According to the explanatory panels that cover the walls, the cellars and winepresses were excavated by the neighbors due to the optimal conditions for the production and aging of wine. Thanks to the darkness and ventilation, the temperature and humidity in these spaces is constant: there are about 10º all year round. Although this wine-growing area had its heyday, the neighbors lived through difficult times with the spread of phylloxera from France in the mid-19th century. The great hailstorm they suffered in 1945 did not help either, which left its inhabitants without a grape and cereal harvest, many of them feeling forced to emigrate. Nor do the socioeconomic changes of the 20th century. coffin Atauta. By Laura Fernandez All of this caused El Plantío to go into decline, many of its wineries were abandoned and others, instead, were used as meeting spaces or for social events.
It's April and, although the sky dawned overcast, the clouds are beginning to give way to the sun. Everything is green. Mayor of Atauta Adolfo Tomás, mayor of Atauta. By Laura Fernandez Atauta is a quiet town. It has barely 40 inhabitants, however, thanks to its history and wine culture, and the fight of its mayor, it has managed Norfolk Island Email List to make a place for itself on the map. There is no winemaker or winemaker who, being in the Ribera del Duero , does not feel attracted to this corner of Soria wine. “There are professionals who have been doing research work in our vineyard area for more than 23 years, analyzing the soils,” says Tomás. The El Plantío area is like an open-air wine museum . Its hundreds of wineries and winepresses, excavated in limestone rock, date back to the 19th century. However, as its mayor explains, the first records of vineyards in the area date back much earlier: they date back to the year 1201.
The Plantío, Atauta The Plantation. By Laura Fernandez “We have an Ethnographic Museum, which is in what used to be the school, where visitors can learn about the history of the Plantío and Atauta,” he tells us. According to the explanatory panels that cover the walls, the cellars and winepresses were excavated by the neighbors due to the optimal conditions for the production and aging of wine. Thanks to the darkness and ventilation, the temperature and humidity in these spaces is constant: there are about 10º all year round. Although this wine-growing area had its heyday, the neighbors lived through difficult times with the spread of phylloxera from France in the mid-19th century. The great hailstorm they suffered in 1945 did not help either, which left its inhabitants without a grape and cereal harvest, many of them feeling forced to emigrate. Nor do the socioeconomic changes of the 20th century. coffin Atauta. By Laura Fernandez All of this caused El Plantío to go into decline, many of its wineries were abandoned and others, instead, were used as meeting spaces or for social events.