The ancestors of the founding partner, lvaro de Alvear, were vine growers in N?ra, the old capital of the Kingdom of Navarra which is now part of La Rioja.

In the late 18th century Juan de Alvear was posted to Cordoba. His son, then the Mayor of N?ra, married a Cordoban and moved to Montilla where, keeping with the family tradition, he planted vines and set up a bodega in 1715. His descendents were mainly marines and soldiers who, on retirement, returned home to work in the bodega.

One of the most famous of these was Diego de Alvear Ponce de Le?A Commodore in the Armada, polyglot and researcher of flora and fauna from South America, he was appointed as one of three commissioners to establish the border between Spain and Portugal on behalf of the king. He was also a hero of the War of Independence, after leading the troops that defeated the French in La Isla del Leon (San Fernando)

His great-great-grandson, lvaro de Alvear, managed the Alvear family bodega for decades. He later decided to embark on this new project with Yolanda Pi?, an oenologist with a great passion for wine and the wine culture, to which she has devoted her entire career.

They chose a spectacular site at the foot of the Lamoneda Mountain range which, according to recent research, was where the family of Roman General Maximus produced wines that were fashionable in Rome.

Twenty centuries later, this unique vineyard, and a combination of cutting edge technology and traditional methods, produces exceptional wines from a bodega tucked into the vineyards.