𝐏𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐖. 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐎𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 “𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒”

The Master of Wine, Pedro Ballesteros Torres MW, has written this comment in the IWSC- Club Oenologique “THE SPAIN REPORT 2024” in which he mentions our DOMINIO DE CALOGÍA 2021, and highlights it among the Great Wines of the Ribera del Duero, awarding it a score of 95 points.

“Again, classic powerful and assertive Spanish styles coexist with very modern, subtle and delicate interpretations. Dominio de Calogía, Sei Solo or Bosque de Matasnos are probably in the latter group, now rubbing shoulders with the great representatives of the classic style: renowned Ribera wineries such as Vega-Sicilia, Carraovejas or Valtravieso. I think that most of the top-scoring wines within the Ribera del Duero Report are extremely likely to improve over long periods of time, whichever the wine style”

𝘿𝙊𝙈𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙊 𝘿𝙀 𝘾𝘼𝙇𝙊𝙂𝙄𝘼 2021 𝙀𝙉𝘾𝙐𝙈𝘽𝙀𝙍𝙀𝘿 𝘽𝙔 𝙋𝙀𝘿𝙍𝙊 𝘽𝘼𝙇𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙊𝙎 𝙄𝙉 𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙋𝙐𝘽𝙇𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘿𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 2024”. 𝘾𝙇𝙐𝘽 𝙊𝙀𝙉𝙊𝙇𝙊𝙂𝙄𝙌𝙐𝙀.

The prestigious journalist Pedro Ballesteros MW includes it in the selection of the best wines of Ribera del Duero, which have obtained more than 95 points. In this report he places Dominio de Calogía as a clear example of a wine whose style “is based on concentration, very ripe fruit, intense oak ageing (less and less evident) and density, with great balance”, considering it among the greatest of the Ribera Del Duero.

He describes it as follows:

Amazingly ripe fruit, at that magical point when black and blue berries are not yet plums.
Intensely oaked, because it is made for the long run. It is big but round, quite impressive on
the attack, but with a gentle and suave touch. Its parsimonious finish demands alot of
attention in order to grasp its complexity. A great Roa wine made by José Manuel Pérez
Ovejas. a founder of the greatest Ribera style when he was at Pérez Pascuas. This wine should be kept in bottle for several years.

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐋𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐦𝐚 (𝐑𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐨) 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐃𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢́𝐚.

Dominio de Calogía, true to its philosophy of site-based winemaking, launches Doble M, from the La Loma estate. The vineyard is located at an altitude of 830 metres above sea level, in the heart of the Ribera del Duero region of Burgos. The vines, 25 years old, are planted on clay soils, with a sandy and pebbly part. This unique stratigraphy brings elegance and finesse to a red wine in which subtlety and expressiveness predominate.

Dominio de Calogía is a project led by José Manuel Pérez Ovejas. Double M has a special meaning: they are the initials of Manuela and Mauro, the children of José Manuel Pérez and Silvia Ortega. It represents a look into the future of Dominio de Calogía, a way of giving continuity to its tradition and dedication.

Doble M 2020 was bottled in March 2022, after 12 months in French Allier barrels. The production, which is very limited, is only 14,856 bottles of 75 cl. It will be sold exclusively through quotas, like other wines of the winery.

“It is a very different vineyard from those around it. We decided to vinify its grapes separately to try to visualise its depth and depth”, says José Manuel Pérez Ovejas, winemaker and director of the winery. “It ripens a few days later precisely because of its northern orientation and less fertile soil. Also for this reason, the grapes from La Loma are the last to enter the winery. We always want to make the best wine, but to do so we have to be patient and apply common sense in order to achieve the ideal balance. It gives very little production, but what might seem a defect contributes to the search for excellence that identifies each of the wines of this project”.

The 2020 vintage is characterised by its freshness, which gives Doble M a very Atlantic profile and allows it to exhibit ideal balance and exquisite harmony. The style that identifies all Dominio de Calogía wines takes advantage in this case of the very personality that this site brings to the wine, giving it a predictable longevity. Its balanced acidity and minerality highlight the singularity and differentiation that is sought after when making the wine, thanks to a very non-interventionist winemaking process. The respectful and rational viticulture practised at La Loma has allowed for an optimal interpretation of the terroir of origin, with the intention of reflecting its imprint in the wine.

Dominio de Calogía Doble M coincides with the fifth anniversary of the birth of the company. It reflects the winery’s self-demanding approach to the production of single-vineyard wines. Like Calogía and Cuvée S, it is in line with the brand’s ambitious objectives.

𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚́ 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙡 𝙋𝙚́𝙧𝙚𝙯 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙟𝙖𝙨, 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙒𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝘿𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙙, 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙙 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙨.

The Madrid Association of Sommeliers, has organized this Monday at the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid, a unique meeting with three wine magicians of the Ribera del Duero with a tasting of 9 exceptional wines.

The table, coordinated by Manuel Herrera, was made up of the three guests of the AMS: Tomás Postigo, Jose Manuel Pérez and Jose Carlos Álvarez together with Custodio Zamarra,…

JOSÉ MANUEL PÉREZ. The endings are always the beginning of something new; even something better than everything that came before. And if not, just tell it to Jose
Manuel Perez Ovejas. He has returned stronger than ever.

After finishing his first chapter in Viña Pedrosa -the family winery where he spent 30 years- the new lines of his story are written in a new stage that he is facing alone (with the encouragement of his wife Silvia Ortega) and that stars Dominio de Calogia, his new winery that is impregnated with all his personality. His letter of introduction: Dominlo de Calogia, a monovarieal of tinto fino (tempranillo), and what a letter of introduction!

Now in this personal project, -ideated in the spring of 2020- the priorities and philosophy of José Manuel Pérez change, being possible to focus on aspects that were not possible before (with large volumes of wine).
previously (with large production volumes), were unthinkable, such as yields and kilos per vine (where Manuel is now looking for higher quality in
quantity) in order to be able to work without pressure or inertia.

His dream -which has been fulfilled with great success- is developed in 20 hectares of proplos vineyards, with old vines (between 30 and 70 years old) located at an altitude of 800 meters in the heart of the D.O. Ribera del Duero (between the municipalities of Roa and Pedrosa del Duero).
Pedrosa de Duero). At this point the soils are mixed, appearing different typologies ranging from limestone to stony, including clayey soils. Right in the center of this property -like a French domaine- are the new, avant-garde wineries and facilities, in which some four million euros have been invested.

As for the human side of the business, Dominio de Calogia is supported by a young and small team.
team, led on the technical side by Jorge Monge.

The sum of all this, with the fuel of enthusiasm, has quickly made Dominio de Calogia one of the leading red wines in the world.
one of the leading reds of which more than half of the production (25,923 bottles) has been placed in foreign markets.
foreign markets. A true Phoenix Bird of the Ribera del Duero.

𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢́𝐚, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟐𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐃𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚.

On February 27th, the Ribera del Duero Denomination of Origin (D.0. Ribera) dazzled wine lovers at the Verema Valencia Experience held at the prestigious Hotel Las Arenas. Under the suggestive title “The New Projects of the Ribera del Duero of the 21st Century”, this tasting promised a sensory journey through the most innovative and exciting wines of this renowned Spanish wine region.

At the tasting, masterfully conducted by Alberto Tobes, Director of Experimentation CRDO Ribera, and as he has shown on other occasions, one of the people who best knows the area and its wines.

The attendees were able to enjoy the great wines of:


Dominio de Calogía.

Red wine from Bodega Dominio de Calogía. This was one of the most surprising wines of the day. It had great intensity and complexity on the nose. The aromas were constantly changing and in the palate it stood out for its volume, but it was also very persistent.

❞𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞-𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬❞.

Article published by EL MAGAZINE by Insolity.

It is a privilege that Dominio de Calogía has been mentioned in this list together with brands considered the best in the world, among which Vega Sicilia and Viña Tondonia have also been included as the only Spanish wineries.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐩 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝟓𝟒 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝟑-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬.

José Manuel Pérez Ovejas has turned Dominio de Calogía into a benchmark in Ribera del Duero in just five years.

We share an article published on March 6th in El Periódico. Its author, Ferrán Imedio, has given it a very human journalistic approach and reflects the philosophy of this project, which was born 5 years ago.

We invite you to read it because it is a very pleasant and close text.

José Manuel Pérez Ovejas, in his winery, Dominio de Calogía. / EL PERIODICO