Tasting among the vines at Pago de Carraovejas, facing Peñafiel castle

Pago de Carraovejas is on the hillside opposite Peñafiel castle, on the edge of the town, along the road that bears its name. It is one of the benchmark wineries of the Ribera del Duero, and its wine tourism is in keeping: not a half-hour visit with a glass, but a long tasting of two or three hours in which you tour the estate and try several wines with bites prepared by the kitchen of Ambivium, the house restaurant.

Three ways to taste

Paisajes con Alma is the shortest and the one that best fits a day with more in it: two hours, four wines from different projects of the Alma Carraovejas group and four bites, for €85, Wednesday to Sunday from 10:00. Edición Cuesta de las Liebres also lasts two hours and focuses on the terroirs and how the main wines are made, with eight wines, for €110, Friday to Tuesday. Grandes Crus de Alma is the long one: three hours, seven wines and seven bites, for €135; from January 2027 it adds Cuesta de las Liebres and rises to eight. The winery makes clear the bites are not a tasting menu: if you want to eat, book separately.

Booking and arrival

Book on their website, choosing day and time, or on 983 878 020. The website gives no languages or minimum age; if you travel with minors or need the tasting in English, ask when you book. From the centre of Peñafiel you get there by car or taxi in a few minutes.

Before and after

With the morning tasting, the rest of the day fits in Peñafiel: the castle and the Provincial Wine Museum, the Plaza del Coso and a lunch of lechazo (roast suckling lamb). As with all long tastings, the problem is the way back: if you are sleeping in the town, for example at the Hotel AF Pesquera, you can go and return by taxi and forget about the car.