Bodegas Aragonesas

30 minutes north east of Calatayud lies Campo de Borja DO, which now consists of some 7414 hectares and like Calatayud is dominated by a single producer with the 2 wineries: one in the Magallón, in the north; the other, just outside Fuendejalón, in the west, just a few minutes from the central bottling and ageing plant.

Here the terrain is quite different, though the climate similar, with the eastern boundary a long, wind-swept plain planted to the gunnels with young vines that provide the fruit for this winery's ever more successful supermarket selections; for Bodegas Aragonesas produces nearly 70% of all the wine in the region.

The older, un-irrigated vineyards, however, are in the west, at heights of 350 to 700 metres, in the foothills around Moncayo; and these are the source of the grapes that go into La Copa. 75% of the vineyards are Garnacha, which in this area has a distinctive red fruit character - the Tempranillo producing wines that are a tad tighter and just a shade drier. The La Copa wines are lush, fruity, modern, unoaked, and represent Spanish country wine at its most immediately appealing.