It is one of the most important wineries in all of Spain and a huge reference within the Rioja Qualified Denomination of Origin (DOCa Rioja). Its wines have obtained numerous international awards, many of them being above 90 Parker Points in this prestigious qualification. Therefore, talking about Sierra Cantabria leads us to meet a family that loves viticulture and defines itself as a “vineyard collector”. Reviewing its history, its projects and even its wine jewels is a call for excellence. We invite you in MadeinSpain.store to discover it.

• With the personal stamp of the Eguren family
• Wineries and vineyards of Sierra Cantabria
• Wine tourism in Rioja
• Selection of your wines

With the personal stamp of the Eguren family

Since 1870 the long trajectory of Sierra Cantabria Vineyards and Wineries to this day. Up to five generations dedicated to the winemaking tradition in a region of such category as The Rioja they have seen the birth of some of the best wines in the area. Always keeping the good wisdom regarding the terroir and reflecting in each wine that essence of a job well done, inherited from father to son.

Taking maximum care of the vine and also the land of its cultivation, the Eguren family impregnates its personal and unmistakable stamp to the projects he captains. Not only in the region of Rioja Alta and Alavesa itself, but in other highly prestigious wine regions within the sector. For decades, each family generation has been transferring the identity and character of some unique vineyards to unique bottles. Always transmitting that exceptionality of the territory.

Currently, they are the brothers Marcos and Miguel Eguren who continue that inherited philosophy to produce wines that combine fruit, power and structure. But always with an appreciable freshness, elegance and subtlety on the palate. Its wines reflect that great complicity with the earth from which the grape clusters come out.

Wineries and vineyards of Sierra Cantabria

The villa of Saint Vincent of the Sonsierra, in the Rioja Alta region, houses the winery in a privileged enclave Sierra Cantabria. This is the most representative of the Eguren family but it is only part of a set of projects squeezed out with great success.

In the same Rioja municipality there are other exceptional vineyards that allow to obtain unique wines, a faithful reflection of the expression of the Tempranillo by coming together with climate, soil and the good work of the winegrower. Among those select oenological jewels There are about seven different bottles that belong to the Sierra Cantabria Vineyards and another three whose birth occurs in Vineyards of Páganos.

Also without leaving the region, in the Lordship Saint Vincent a vineyard is cultivated whose wine variety is almost extinct. Native to that place -the canoca- The hairy Tempranillo allows to obtain a complex broth with a long life. A Rioja with capital letters.

Out of the DOCa Rioja the family is also making its mark. In some of the areas with the best conditions to develop a differential project, we find the Eguren Domain, protected by the IGP Wines of the Land of Castilla. In La Mancha territory, the selection of plots is even more exquisite and thus includes land of advanced age and well-controlled performance. Protocol and Codice are the names of the wines that come out of there.

Teso The Nun is the last national wine adventure that takes us to the DO Bull, in the other of the Castiles. The different red wines that they make with all the elegance and prestige of that Castilian-Leonese area are marking a new era in the region.

Wine tourism in Rioja

Do you want to know the different wineries that it owns Sierra Cantabria? We encourage you to leave wine tourism to contemplate closely the wonderful vineyards that decorate San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Between the activities offered by the Eguren brothers, you can walk through their pampered vineyards, visit the winery facilities and, of course, taste some of the wines with excellent scores in international guides.

Discover estates as spectacular as La Nieta or El Puntido (within Rioja Alavesa), as well as the exclusive La Canoca plot, mentioned above. A beautiful wine-growing landscape opens up in your path with each section you travel through Rioja, observing the impressive collection of vineyards owned by the Eguren brothers.

Selection of your wines

Have you been fascinated by the history of these wineries so unique and with so much personality that it has even crossed the borders of The Rioja? Then you will surely love their wines. You can find some of them in our store, such as the 2017 Private Collection reds; San Vicente 2016; amancio 2016; El Puntido 2016; and also Victorine 2017.

Test MadeinSpain.store these winery jewels Sierra Cantabria to fall in love with them by drinking each glass of award-winning quality wines. Those that are the fruit of love and the ambitious selection of the vineyard by its creators.

AUTHOR: Iván Sevilla, journalist expert in digital and audiovisual content. Specialized in gastronomy and sports. TV reporter.