Bodegas Bilbainas Vina Pomal Crianza 750 ML

The origins of the bodega go back to 1859, when Savignon Freres & Cie set up in Haro, as they fled from the ravages of phyloxera, which blighted French vineyards at the time. In 1901, a group of Bilbao businessmen purchased the winery and created the Bodegas Bilbainas company.Vina Pomal was the creation of Don Santiago de Ugarte, co-founder of Bodegas Bilbainas and the company’s first Managing Director. The first label seen bearing Vina Pomal as a brand belongs to a 1904 Vintage Special Reserve (a truly exceptional year).Although they would later merge as a single brand, 1904 saw the birth not only of Vina Pomal, but also of Castle Pomal which, produced for the British market, reveals the importance then and now, of the brand’s international presence. It is of note that only the Castle Pomal label showed the arms of the Spanish Royal Family, to which the winery was official supplier of wine.