TECHNICAL INFO

Varietal/Blend:  100% Tempranillo

ABV:  14.0%

Vineyard:  This extremely special 0.2ha micro-plot at 700 meters above sea level in Rioja Alavesa’s Rivas de Tereso is uniquely high in the local lastra (grey limestone rocks) close to the roots, somehow creating an especially aromatic and mineral expression of Tempranillo from these very old vines. Sandra farms her own vines all by hand, biodynamically, and harvest is also by hand (into 15kg crates to prevent crushing).

Cellar: Fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeast in amphora at a low temperature that allows a slow, smooth, continuous extraction. Once finished, the wine is racked to old French oak to age for another year before bottling and resting again. Unfined and unfiltered. 14%. Only 1,200 bottles produced.

CSPC:  129798

Winemakers Note: It’s a serious, sappy red with violet and wild thyme aromas, redcu¬rrant and pomegranate fruit and palate-cleansing acidity. Strong mineral accent and floral touch typical of the mediterranean herbs that surrounded the vineyard.

What the Critics are saying: Very much a low intervention style - Sandra Bravo likes to leave her wines well alone if possible - Camino de Santa Cruz comes from a single 0.2-hectare parcel at 650 metres in Rivas de Tereso. Lavender and rosemary aromas segue into a grippy palate with plum and damson fruit flavours and sinewy tannins. Wild and slightly funky. — 93/100, Tim Atkin MW, 2024 Rioja Report

TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  Spain

Region:  Rioja Alavesa

Appellation:  Rioja DOCa

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Varietal/Blend:  100% Tempranillo

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

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Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  14.0%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  129798