Sierra de Toloño
Camino de Santa Cruz
"The 2019 Camino de Santa Cruz comes from a plot of Tempranillo in the village of Rivas de Tereso on shallow limestone soils that fermented with indigenous yeasts in 300-liter amphorae and matured in 500-liter oak barrels for 12 months. It has balsamic aromas, sweet spices and integrated oak. It has good ripeness and balance with 14% alcohol and good freshness. 1,120 bottles were filled in November 2020." 92 points, Wine Advocate
Region: Rioja Alavesa
Appellation: Rioja DOCa
Varietal/Blend: 100% Tempranillo
ABV: 14.0%
Vineyard & Vine Age: Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.
Cellar: Sierra de Toloño Camino de Santa Cruz undergoes a slow, spontaneous fermentation in amphorae with indigenous yeast at low cellar temperatures. The wine is then aged for one year in 500L French oak barrels, unfined and unfiltered.
CSPC: 889831
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What the Critics are saying: []
Region: Rioja Alavesa
Appellation: Rioja DOCa
TECHNICAL INFO
Varietal/Blend: 100% Tempranillo
ABV: 14.0%
Vineyard: Sierra de Toloño Camino de Santa Cruz comes from Sandra Bravo’s finest single vineyard. At 650 meters, old goblet-trained bush vines are biodynamically farmed and hand-harvested into 15kg crates on calcareous soils over sandstone and marl.
Cellar: Sierra de Toloño Camino de Santa Cruz undergoes a slow, spontaneous fermentation in amphorae with indigenous yeast at low cellar temperatures. The wine is then aged for one year in 500L French oak barrels, unfined and unfiltered.
CSPC: 889831
Winemakers Note: []
What the Critics are saying: []
Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South
T: 403-971-1898
E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca
Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North
T: 780-203-5284
E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca
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TECHNICAL INFO
Country: Spain
Region: Rioja Alavesa
Appellation: Rioja DOCa
Climate:
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Varietal/Blend: 100% Tempranillo
Fermentation: Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.
Ageing:
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: 889831
Calgary + Alberta South
Andrew Stewart
403-604-0408
andrew@vinoalvino.ca
Edmonton + Alberta North
Joe Gurba
780-203-5284
joe@vinoalvino.ca
Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South
Kerrie Gavin
306-290-0277
kerrie@vinoalvino.ca
