Señorío de San Vicente - San Vicente Rioja
Tempranillo
| Vintage: | 2018 |
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| Description: | In the early 1980's, Marcos and Miguel Angel Eguren requested that their father scour the family's 100 Ha of vineyards in San Vicente de la Sonsierra for the lowest yielding individual vines of Tempranillo. In 1985, the family planted the 18 Ha. La Canoca single vineyard in San Vicente to a massal selection of these low yielding plants. As the vineyard took shape, the vines all shared similar ampelographic characteristics – smaller berries, looser clusters, and a velvety bloom on the subsurface of the leaves. The family was mocked for planting a selection of their "worst vines." When the first vintage of San Vicente was commercialized almost 10 years later, the family endured more derision when the wine was priced above any Reserva in the appellation. The following year, the wine was released without ageing classification, becoming Rioja's first single |
| Price: | $ 65.00 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
