Sierra Cantabria Gran Vino 2010 (Magnum) (Estuche)

A wine like Sierra Cantabria Gran Vino Blanco 2010 cannot be made without the accumulated time and experience that characterise the journey of Marcos and Miguel Eguren. The two brothers, with deep roots in the Rioja Sonsierra, are the custodians of the knowledge and tradition built up by a family that have been vignerons since 1870. Their father, Guillermo Eguren, who described himself as a “collector of vineyards”, passed on to them a love and respect for the land, and this remains at the heart of everything they do.

The grapes for this wine were sourced from some of the oldest plots belonging to the family. The wine is a blend of Viura, Malvasía and White Grenache, together with a tiny amount of Calagraño.

The greatest care and attention were taken during the vinification to prepare the wine for an extremely long ageing of over ten years in barrel. The production is tiny –only 2 or 3 barrels per vintage.

Observing the evolution of the first vintage (the 2008, which we presented last year), they were satisfied that the wine at last conveyed the emotion that they sought. Some vintages don’t attain a high enough level of excellence and so are not released on the market. Others do, like this 2010, and are simply magical.  

As Marcos Eguren says, “With this wine, we have tried to convey the purity of a white wine from the Sonsierra which has undergone a long ageing and which has a long life ahead of it –one which will outlive us”.