La Mancha, Spain
Founded in 1946 by the Mateos de la Higuera family, the “Vega Demara” House is located in the “La Mancha” region close to La Solana, with nearly 86 hectares of production under the protected designation of origin. The adventure in which this family has embarked was initially the dream of grandfather Joaquín, head of this emblematic family, who in 1946 decided to buy the first Tempranillo vineyard in the Mara Antona plot. The family started the journey by betting on utilising quality wines obtained from the grapes produced by the vineyards located at the foot of the Alhambra Mountain range, where a micro-Mediterranean climate develops. With this special set of climatic conditions, the vineyards give rise to grapes of great superiority allowing the family and team to produce wines of excellence and making this estate, a star House of the appellation. Their wines are the fruit of the generosity of the land, the complicity of the climate and the enthusiastic work of the Mateos de la Higuera family.
Joaquín Mateos is the general manager and head winemaker of Bodegas Vega Demara, the family-owned estate of the Mateos de la Higuera family in La Solana, Castilla–La Mancha. Under his guidance the bodega has become a quality benchmark in the DO La Mancha region, known for wines that balance fruit purity, typicity and consistency.
