TERESEÑO

2019 Single Vineyard Rioja Sierra de Toloño

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Grapes Garnacha
Colour Red
Origin Spain, Rioja
Other Certified Organic
District Rioja Alavesa
ABV 14.5%

This used to be known as La Dula - but Sandra has changed this to avoid confusion with her other pure Garnacha wine La Dula de Altura.
Tereseño is a single vineyard at 700m, planted in 1944. Farmed organically this vineyard through its altitude, limestone (lastra) rich soil and the fresh springs here, always gives a pure Pinot-like feel to the Garnacha.
Sandra then ferments and ages this in a pair of 300 litre amphorae, so there is no oakiness interfering with the purity of this great fruit. With minimal intervention during the wine-making process and no fining or filtration before bottling - this pours into your glass as the purest, most elegant Garnacha it is likely you'll find from the region, or anywhere! There are just 633 bottles of this made - real 'craft' winemaking!
L&S (Feb 2022)

*Case price discount: Mix any 12 bottles of wine (or 9 litre equivalent) or 6 bottles of Champagne, Spirits, Sweet Wine or Fortified (4.5 litres) to get the discounted 'case price' for each bottle.

I love the nose of the new Garnacha from Rivas de Tereso 2019 Tereseño, produced with the grapes from a plot planted at 700 meters in altitude in 1944 and fermented and matured in amphora to keep the purity of the grapes. It's floral and herbal, with juicy tannins and good varietal expression with great ripeness at 14.5% alcohol, but it keeps the freshness and poise with a low pH of 3.42 that makes it vibrant, finishing with acid berry flavors. Simply superb. Only 633 bottles were filled in August 2020. Drinking range: 2022 - 2030 Rating: 94 Luis Gutierrez, www.robertparker.com (Jul 2022)

Sierra de Toloño

Sandra Bravo is a seriously exciting winemaker. Working with some of the highest altitude vineyards in Rioja – with plots of very old vines, she is hunting out freshness and purity. Having travelled the world and made wines in Bordeaux, Tuscany, New Zealand and California she has returned to Spain with her eyes wide open and a brave ambition to show the different expressions of Rioja. It does not all have to be blended and heavily-oaked any more. Her delicately shaped – intensely pure wines are a revelation. With a range now of different releases each profiling a particular vineyard or a particular grape variety she is making some of the most drinkable and delicious wines in the region. No surprises she was crowned the 2019 ‘Young Winemaker of the Year’ by Rioja expert and wine critic Tim Atkin MW.

Sandra originally comes from Rioja, and returned there to start this project. 2012 was the first vintage. Sandra has trained in Bordeaux, Chianti, Marlborough, California, and worked in two of the larger wineries in Priorat, where she was influenced by Ricard Rofes, (now in charge of Scala Dei). She has returned home to make a Rioja which reflects the land and climate of this particular corner of Rioja Alavesa. The wine comes from old goblet trained vines grown on calcareous clay are at 650m in Labastida - one of the highest vineyards of the Rioja region. The mountains of the Sierra de Toloño protect the vines from northerly winds and create a special microclimate, cold because it is so high, but dry with the Mediterranean influence despite being so far north. All this is perfect for the grapes to ripen fully over a long time in the bright light but relatively cool temperatures - the ripeness comes slowly, retaining natural acidity. The grapes are harvested into 15kg boxes, sorted at the vine, and taken to the winery in Laguardia. Here Sandra does a very conservative vinification, with a cold soak to start with to preserve the freshness of the fruit, and then only a gentle pigeage. After the vinification the wine is aged just six months in neutral French oak barrels, and bottled without fining of filtration. From the 2013 vintage Sandra has also been working with amphorae, distancing herself even further from the oaky traditions of Rioja.

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