Sierra de Tolono Rioja Tempranillo

A Spicy, textured, and mineral wine that expresses a range of plum fruit with some cigar notes on the finish. This is an elegant expression of a mountain-harvested Tempranillo from Rioja Alavesa, a high-altitude region that produces age-worthy red wines. Sandra Bravo, the winemaker, excels in farming high-altitude vines in their calcareous and limestone soils. All of her wines are mineral-driven, and so she chooses the path of minimal intervention and uses very little oak. Harvested by hand, mid-October, the wine ferments spontaneously and then ages for 8 months in neutral barrels, and a little bit in amphorae. It is bottled unfiltered and unfined.

Food Pairings: Lamb chops, patatas bravas, chorizo, grilled chicken, aged Manchego