Bargota has existed as an inhabited settlement since at least the 12th century, and gained particular importance in the 13th century due to its location on the border with Castile. For six centuries, it depended on Viana, with which it maintained constant legal disputes in defence of its autonomy. Finally, on 1 September 1818, Bargota was granted the privilege of becoming a town, establishing itself as a municipal council, and in the following years it also achieved its religious independence.

Until then, local residents had been required to deliver the tithe and the first fruits in Viana. Following the administrative change, the Church decided to build a new wine cellar in Bargota to receive and store the grapes, using two buildings on San Nicolás Street: one intended to receive the tithe and the other, which included the cellar, for the first fruits. The two buildings were connected by a beam or two-screw press that passed through the party wall, allowing the grapes to be crushed mechanically —a system that already anticipated the modernisation of winemaking.

The construction of the cellar was completed around 1830, but only a few years later, between 1836 and 1837, Mendizábal’s confiscations abolished the tithe and first-fruits system. The cellar suddenly lost its function, although debts of 47,200 reales de vellón from its construction still remained unpaid.

In 1878, the cellar was auctioned by the State and purchased by Don Gregorio Segura, who sold it that same year to Don Estanislao Aranzadi, a lawyer from Pamplona. The sale did not include elements such as the press, the vats or the wooden hatches, which belonged to the creditors. For this reason, the objects that can be seen in the cellar today date from after 1878.

Recently, the Aranzadi family transferred the cellar to Bargota Town Council, restoring this historic building to its role as a living witness to the village’s wine-growing tradition and history.