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 From 1842
to 1931 Therefore, Dehesa de los Canónigos was valued and sold to the highest bidder in 1842, Mr. Toribio de Lecanda y del Campo. Toribio, a wealthy businessman from the Basque Country, built his home reproducing his Basque country house to evoke memories of his beloved land. The current owners also live in that same country house. His grandfather, Teodosio de Lecanda y Chaves, a Belgian engineer, who got married to Emilia de Ulloa got in Valladolid, built some large warehouses which initially were used as silos. Nowadays this construction houses the outstanding Bodega Dehesa de los Canónigos These warehouses, which are over 150 years old and have been already restored, still hold majestic beams and 80-cm-thick adobe walls, which are an excellent isolation system to reach the most suitable temperature for wine making and ageing. Oddly enough, after all this time the Sanz Cid family, the winery’s current owners, maintains good relationship with Georgina Lecanda, Teodosio de Lecanda y Chaves’ great granddaughter. Nevertheless, they were not the only owners. Actually, in successive years it has belonged to Clemente Mazariegos first and later to the businessman and senator Gregorio Garcia Garrote. |
