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Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine
Sardón de Duero, Spain · Independent · Apex Luxury
Novartis's predecessor Sandoz bought this ruined 12th century monastery on the Duero in 1988 and hired Bordeaux winemaker Pascal Delbeck, formerly of Chateau Ausone, to revive vines that monks had planted eight centuries earlier. The 2012 conversion of the monks' cells into 30 rooms won the European Union's Europa Nostra heritage award, and the estate's Refectorio restaurant now holds a Michelin star and a Green Star alongside the hotel's Three Keys.
- 30 rooms
- Opened 2012
- Neighborhood: km. 332
About Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine
- Premonstratensian monks founded the Abbey of Santa Maria de Retuerta in 1146; wine deeds carved in the church walls record the donation of vineyards that founded the estate.
- Sandoz, the pharmaceutical company that later became part of Novartis, bought the ruined monastery and its land in 1988 and still owns it today.
- Bordeaux winemaker Pascal Delbeck, former cellar master at Chateau Ausone and Chateau Belair, designed the gravity-fed winery built in 1996 and made the estate's first modern vintage that year.
- The 2012 restoration that turned the monks' cells into 30 guest rooms won the European Union's Europa Nostra Award for conserving the abbey's cultural heritage.
- The estate's Refectorio restaurant holds both a Michelin star and a Michelin Green Star, and the hotel itself carries MICHELIN Three Keys, the guide's top rating for a stay.
The setting
28 km from Peñafiel Castle.
Restaurants and bars
- Restaurante Vinoteca - Abadía Retuerta LeDomaine — Restaurant · Castilian
Awards
- MICHELIN Three Keys (2026)
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