Cuentaviñas Septeno

D.O.Ca. Rioja

San Vicente de la Sonsierra

100% Tempranillo

La Canoca

1972

Practicing organic viticulture. Goblet-trained, south facing orientation in the upper region of San Vicente de la Sonsierra, in the foothills of the Sierra Cantabria mountain range. Due to the small size of the project, all viticultural duties including pruning, leaf pulling, plowing by horse, selecting cover crops, and digging soil pits are all carried out by Eduardo.

Soils developed from the runoff of the Sierra de Cantabria into the Canoca Valley. Deposits of mixed origin (alluvial and colluvial) - loamy-clayey-silty texture, 45% limestone and 11% active limestone.

Continental with great Atlantic influence and moderated by the Sierra Cantabria.

The grapes undergo rigorous manual sorting. The whole clusters ferment spontaneously in 1,000L upright French oak vats with very gentle extraction via pipeage. Very slow fermentation, which lasts upwards of three months. Gentle pressing in vertical basket press. Late malolactic fermentation (May-June) in upright French oak vats and 500L puncheon.

18 months in 500-litre barrels and 3 months in bottle in an 18th-century underground cave. Due to the low temperatures and high humidity, the rate of oxidation is reduced allowing Eduardo to work with low levels of SO2.

Septeno, the 7th wine released by Cuentaviñas, was born from Eduardo Eguren's personal challenge to make a single vineyard wine from the historic La Canoca valley in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. One could say Eduardo has La Canoca running through his veins - the Eguren family was responsible for bringing this valley to international attention with the release of Señorío de San Vicente, Rioja's first single cru wine, produced from the La Canoca valley for the first time in 1991. This valley, in the highest altitude foothills of the Sonsierra, has a unique connection to the mountain forest that covers the Sierra de Cantabria and, due to its orientation, has minimal hours of sunlight. This, combined with a more humid terroir, has allowed Eduardo to produce a fluid, elegant, and impactful wine that perfectly captures the essence of this mountain forest terroir.