The history of the Bodega goes back to 1840, when Don Felipe de la Mata, VIII Marqués de Vargas, decided to plant the first vineyards at the Hacienda Pradolagar estate. The family legacy continued with his sons, Pelayo and his brother Francisco, IX Marqués de Vargas, a celebrated figure in Logroño who became mayor of the city at the end of the 19thcentury. Both brothers kept alive the same passion for the vines at Pradolagar.

However, it was the next generation that fully established the family name. Don Hilario de la Mata, father of the current Marqués, was a passionate wine lover like his predecessors. President of a major group of vineyard owners and co-owner of another wine company, he always dreamed of a winery under the family name. Unfortunately, he died young and his dream never became reality.

In 1989, Pelayo de la Mata, XIII Marqués de Vargas and Conde de San Cristóbal, together with his brothers, was finally able to fulfil his father’s dreams and build the winery at the family estate, in the heart of the Rioja Alta region.