The name behind this great wine, Marqués de Cáceres, was lent to Enrique Forner by a friend from Valencia, D. Vicente Noguera y Espinosa de Los Monteros.
Today he has been succeeded by his son, Juan Noguera Merle, a worthy representative of the Marquisate which was granted in the XVIII century to his ancestor Juan Ambrosio García de Cáceres y Montemayor, a Captain of the Royal Armada, for war merits during the Kingdom of Naples.
Juan Noguera, Marqués de Cáceres, Grande de España, shows as much passion for his family history as he does for the wines that carry the name of a Marquisate that had no doubts whatsoever in identifying itself with the Bodega from the very beginning.
Sometimes, it is easier for us to perceive what is evident rather than search back in history to understand what is behind the success or failure of a company. We tend to content ourselves with what we see and this can very often deprive us of more human and more heart-warming details that would lead to a more intimate and correct understanding of its development and current affairs.
Marqués de Cáceres is no exception to this premise. Behind the company’s impressive structure, lies a history based on the “savoir-faire” and determination of the Forner family, the background story of what is today one of Spain’s most representative wine-making companies.
In the late sixties, Enrique Forner, founder of the Bodega, decided to return to his Spanish homeland and apply the knowledge acquired during many years of professional experience in various wine regions in France, especially Bordeaux. He chose the best location in Rioja Alta in an area renowned for its fine wines. Taking into account the smallholdings of land existing in Rioja and the variety of microclimates, types of soil and orientations of the vineyards, etc., Enrique Forner chose to acquire from the local growers grapes grown in the most privileged vineyards in the best of locations.
The Bodega progressively implanted an innovative approach commencing with the vineyards and applying this to Rioja’s classic winemaking and ageing processes. Forner’s avant-garde nature is part of the family inheritance, which originated at the beginning of the last century when his family was exporting wines from the ports of Valencia to France. This loyalty towards family structured winemaking tradition, combined with the close and dynamic co-operation of a competent team, both at the bodega and in the distribution network in Spain and abroad, has merited Marqués de Cáceres particularly relevant and distinguished recognition.
Official website of Marques de Caceres
