Bodegas Exopto

Tom Puyaubert arrived in Spain early in the year 2000 from his native Bordeaux, as a sales rep for a famous French cooperage, but coming into daily contact with some of the country’s best winemakers made him feel not only more passionate about wine but also in particular for La Rioja, its vineyards, its wine-growing culture...

In 2003 he founded Bodegas Exopto and since then his project has continued to make good progress, producing wines with personality, always using in a blend the main Rioja varieties: fruit-rich Garnacha, fresh Graciano and Tempranillo, essential for providing good structure.

Bodegas Exopto is located in Laguardia and is a fine example of that astute “blending” of modernity with tradition which the new and truly diverse wines of Rioja today illustrate so well. Its vineyards range between 30 and 90 years old in age and the winery's vats are made of oak or concrete, fine traditional materials which allow the wine good expression and to develop an impressive complexity of aromas and flavours.