There have been vineyards in this region since Roman times. Many centuries passed, and the vines were kept until the 1970s and 80s, when many were removed in order to give way to cereal fields. AROA arrived in 1998 and began to reactivate the vineyards. “where the grape is pressed, that this marvellous process of the transformation of the grape into “divine liquid: wine” took place. AROA defend the concept of “terroir”, the individuality of the wines from a specific area, with their own cultural identity, by using a small-scale artsian approach, making full use of current technology, both in the vineyard and the wine cellar.

AROA, a Basque word, in the context of agriculture, means: “The optimum, ideal moment to work the land”

These are located in Gorozin and Zurukoain, Valle de Deierri, in the heart of Tierra Estella, one of the five sub-zones which make up the Denomination of Navarre. There are three vineyards: Burunziain, Ernobeleta and Aritzarotz, which make up a surface area of 20 hectares. In each of the same we find red grape varietiesThere are seven vineyards whose name are: Burunziain, Ernobeleta, Aritzarotz, Magdalena, El cerrao, San Lorenzo and Apalaz comprising an area of 20 hectares, in them we find grape varieties: Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Garnatxa, and white varieties such as Garnatxa white and Muscat. The soil is clay – limestone, fresh, being on the edge of the Mediterranean climate with Atlantic influence climate, sheltered by the mountains of Urbasa and Andía. The winters are cold and hard, and hot dry summers, occurring in the summer high temperature difference between day and night, promoting the formation of high content of polyphenols. Furthermore, the maturation period is very long favouring a good phenolic ripeness.

The Garnacha Blanco is pale lemon in colour and has remarkable freshness and an almost salty minerality.