90% Tempranillo and 10% Garnacha, sourced from La Loma, a vineyard in the southwest of Briones at 534 meters above sea level. The vines are planted in the traditional "vaso" (bush) style on an east-facing slope in calcareous soil. Grapes are hand-harvested, cold-soaked for three days, and then...
92% Tempranillo 8% Graciano from "El Rincon" a vineyard in the South of Briones, a small village in Rioja Alta; vines are between 10-20 years old. Grapes are hand harvested, handsorted and fermented in stainless steel tanks. Aged for 12 months in "second-use" 500L barrels that were previously used...
100% Mazuelo (Carignan) from the La Quinta Cruz vineyard, planted in 1986 on a southeastern slope near the Ebro River. The vineyard's diverse soils range from sandy/clay to stony. Grapes were hand-harvested and fermented in stainless steel, then aged for one year in a combination of large oak...
96% Tempranillo and 4% Graciano grown in a 1960s vineyard on limestone soils. Grapes are hand-harvested, fermented in barrel with malolactic completed, and aged for two years in American oak (70% new with French oak "heads"), with racking every six months. Three years in bottle before releasing. 7,...
Merino Blanco comes from La Loma, a 1.4 hectare vineyard planted in 1946 with Tempranillo, Garnacha, and a bit of Garnacha Blanca (with scattered vines of Calargrano, Moscatel, Rojal...). Mix of soils, sandy, limestone, and clay, in one of the highest plots of the region. The Viura comes from...
Vitola Reserva comes from vines planted in the 1970s, in slopes facing northwest. Soils are very poor, far from the Ebro river, and very rocky. The wine is made of 96% Tempranillo with 4% Graciano (for acidity.) It ages for two years in French oak (30% new), and the rest in bottle, before release.
100% Garnacha from La Insula, a tiny plot of ungrafted vines on a sand bank beside the River Ebro. Hand harvested, fermented with 25% whole clusters and indigenous yeasts. The wine was racked into a 500-litre oak barrels and aged for 14 months. Malolactic completed.
95% Tempranillo and 5% Graciano, from vines planted between 1960-1970 in clay and limestone soils at 550m elevation. Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented in small stainless steel vats with frequent pump overs, completing malolactic fermentation. Aged for two years in new French oak barrels...
