El Coto...

EL COTO DE RIOJA started as the personal project of a small number of people whose prestige in Rioja was already then widely reckoned. Nowadays, nearly all of them still work here and control the 'bodega', but new people have also been joining in so that the bodega's continuity and development is guaranteed.

EL COTO DE RIOJA vinified its first grapes in 1970, and this vintage was released in 1975. The 'bodega' covered 11.000 m2 at that time.
Given their wines' initial success, already two years later they decided to double their winemaking capacity.

EL COTO DE RIOJA increasingly developed in the Spanish market, and also the export markets started to become interested in their wines. As a result, new vinification equipment and more oak casks were installed.

Lastly, in 1996 they started an equipment and enlargement investment plan, in order to improve the quality of our winemaking and their storing facilities. With the latest addition of their visitor centre in 2003 this plan has already been finished.

In July 1997 Barón de Ley became the first public winery group in Rioja to come up in the Spanish stock exchange as part of the Barón de Ley group.
In the beginning of 1998, they got the International Quality Certification ISO 9002, becoming the first Rioja Alavesa producer working at this quality and efficiency level.

Their history has been and still is one of continuous improvement and development, and aiming at this, all the resources generated by their activity have been automatically reinvested. This is a basic line in their policy as a 'bodega' that is all the time seeking to improve its wines and its activities.