Finca Cañada-Honda in winter
In the first decade of the 20th century, when Bodegas Iranzo bottled the wines hailing from Cañada-Honda stating the origin of the grapes on the labels, the producer became the first to release an estate wine. Since then, Iranzo has remained committed to its unique legacy while consolidating a pioneering sustainability strategy in active implementation since the late 1950s.
Under the ownership of the Iranzo family for several generations, Finca Cañada-Honda, is at the heart of their eponymous winemaking project. With historical records showing its existence as far back as 1355, the sprawling estate is of incredible natural and historical significance. Not least because, facing east, at 800 to 900 metres altitude and with sandy limestone well-drained soils, this is a privileged setting for viticulture where grapes develop great aromatic complexity while retaining fresh acidity.
Alfonso Iranzo in the barrel room of his family’s winery
Ahead of its time
It’s with an all-encompassing, integrated understanding of landscape and terroir that Bodegas Iranzo applies its sustainability and conservation initiatives, as reflected in the multiple certifications it has earned over the years.
It all started in 1958, following Enrique Iranzo García’s decision to reforest part of Cañada-Honda to promote biodiversity when such a concept was hardly ever mentioned, let alone understood. A total of 40ha were returned to local species in a groundbreaking, visionary enterprise. Fast forward to 1994 when Bodegas Iranzo sought organic certification for all its lands the very
