A municipality in the province of Cuenca, near Tarancón. Its name refers to a spring beside the estate of a certain Pedro Naharro; it was probably resettled in the late 12th century by the Order of Santiago within the territory of Uclés.
1575 (Relación Topográfica of Fuente de Pedro Naharro); tradition of the priory of Uclés, 17th century; DO Uclés 2006Land of tillage, of wine and of saffron
On 20 December 1575 the residents of Fuente de Pedro Naharro, a few leagues from the monastery of the Order of Santiago at Uclés, answered Philip II’s questions. They said that most of their territory was “land of tillage, of wine and of saffron”, the triad that still shapes the landscape of this part of La Mancha in the province of Cuenca. It is the oldest dated record of vineyards in a town of the present-day denomination. Local tradition, as recorded by the Regulatory Council, adds that the priory of Uclés regulated vine growing and the sale of wine, which brought in great revenues in the 17th century, and recalls the Roman traces of Segóbriga; neither of these two claims is, for now, backed by a specific document.
Alive today: Fuente de Pedro Naharro is home to two of the four bodegas of the DO Uclés, according to the Regulatory Council: Bodegas y Viñedos Fontana, owned by the Cantarero Morales family, with more than thirty years in business and vineyards in the municipality itself, Horcajo de Santiago and Tarancón, and Bodega Soledad.