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"Valmira is one of those vineyards where the whims of nature are combined with the ancestral winemaking traditions of the region. A vineyard from the old world touched by a divine gift, whose extraordinary virtue we try to explain. In the heights of Monte de Yerga, within the municipality of Alfaro, a vineyard among oaks looks down at the wide steppe of the Ebro Valley. Quiñón de Valmira, elevated and fragile beauty. Until this calcareous podium at 615 meters above sea level, a group of monks arrived in the 11th century. Their steps ended a bit higher, at the top of Yerga, where they founded the first Cistercian settlement on the Peninsula. The spirituality of the place, beaten by centuries of northern winds and Mediterranean sun, leaves a faint presence: the silent nerve of the garnacha, the charm of solitude. Mystic, too, is the affinity of the vines with this environment. A long and almost forgotten history of adaptation and nature, which today leads to a stimulating resurgence. With Valmira, we return faith and gratitude to our own land. Facing southeast, Valmira is located on Quaternary Era terrain. Its soils, only 20 centimeters thick, are formed by carbonate sedimentation of calcareous and clay-ferrous colluvium. Just below, we find a very deep, poor, and very cold calcareous-petrocalcic horizon, with a characteristic white hue. In the mountain's freshness, we sometimes notice an oceanic air, a moist northern breeze full of fragrances. Edaphological and microclimatic analyses define a vineyard of vertiginous, very slow and late maturity. The extreme austerity of the geology produces scarce and small clusters, offering a smooth wine with a thousand details. A flowing stream full of vitality, pleasure, and indescribable mysteries. A craving of nature, a very fortunate coincidence that culminates in this elixir full of life."