2023 Sierra de Tolono Rioja

The mountains of Sierra de Toloño, with their clay and limestone rocky-soils, are perfect conditions to grow tempranillo. This is winemaker Sandra Bravo's "soldier", the wine that points the way to some of the most elegant expressions of Rioja Alavesa we've encountered. Harvested by hand, mid-October, the wine ferments spontaneously and then ages for 8 months in neutral barrels, and a little bit in amphorae.