Sierra Cantabria Rioja Reserva 2017 October2023Reductions honey and fruits notes

honey and fruits notes

Sordo is the only producer outside the Mascarello family making wine from this southwest-facing site in Castiglione Falletto

Bone-dry and intensely mineral-driven

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Sierra Cantabria Rioja Reserva 2017 October2023Reductions honey and fruits notesReserva on a Rioja label too often means the fruit got sanded down by years in barrel. Sierra Cantabria's version argues otherwise. The Eguren family farms in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, on the high, cool northern edge of Rioja beneath the Cantabrian mountains, and this is all Tempranillo, aged around eighteen months in a mix of French and American oak. That is enough to add spice and structure without burying the vineyard. 2017 was the frost year,