Sierra Cantabria Reserva Unica 2008

  • 92 Robert
    Parker
  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
2018 Vintage In Stock
36 99
OFFER 10% off your order of $99+
Ships today if ordered in next 10 hours
You saved this 3/18/24
1
Limit Reached
You saved this 3/18/24
Alert me about new vintages and availability
Sierra Cantabria Reserva Unica 2008 Front Bottle Shot
Sierra Cantabria Reserva Unica 2008 Front Bottle Shot Sierra Cantabria Reserva Unica 2008 Front Label Sierra Cantabria Reserva Unica 2008 Back Bottle Shot

Product Details


Varietal

Region

Producer

Vintage
2008

Size
750ML

Your Rating

0.0 Not For Me NaN/NaN/N

Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Professional Ratings

  • 92
    Even better is the outstanding, Pomerol-like 2008 Reserva Unica, which is made from 97% Tempranillo and 3% Graciano, aged nearly two years in a combination of French and American oak. An unfiltered selection of the estate’s finest barrels, it offers up scents of wet gravel, scorched earth, sweet black currants, plums and hints of mocha and white chocolate. This lush, medium to full-bodied, layered, sexy...
  • 90
    This round red delivers toasty and smoky notes around a core of cherry and coffee flavors, with accents of dried herbs and spices. Well-balanced, featuring integrated tannins and good acidity.

Other Vintages

2019
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
2018
  • 91 Robert
    Parker
2017
  • 91 Jeb
    Dunnuck
2016
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Wilfred
    Wong
2015
  • 94 James
    Suckling
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 93 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 93 Wine
    Enthusiast
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
  • 91 Robert
    Parker
2014
  • 94 Jeb
    Dunnuck
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
2012
  • 91 James
    Suckling
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
2011
  • 93 James
    Suckling
  • 93 Wilfred
    Wong
  • 92 Wine
    Spectator
  • 92 Wine
    Enthusiast
2010
  • 91 Wine
    Spectator
  • 90 Robert
    Parker
Sierra Cantabria

Sierra Cantabria

View all products
Sierra Cantabria, Spain
Sierra Cantabria Winery Video

Bodegas Sierra Cantabria was founded by Guillermo Eguren, a self-made bodeguero, who was, in the family tradition, a viticulturist. His family, native to San Vicente de La Sonsierra, one of the most sought-after terroirs in Rioja, had grown grapes in Rioja Alta and Alavesa since the 1870’s. For decades the family sold their grapes to local producers, but Guillermo recognized the potential that his family's vineyards had to create great wine and founded Bodegas Sierra Cantabria in 1957. Today, the fourth generation of the Eguren family directs all aspects of the winemaking process, with Marcos Eguren as the winemaker and director of operations and his brother Miguel Angel Eguren as the general manager. The family still prides themselves as viticulturists first, and as a result, all the grapes are estate grown. As viticulturists in Rioja Alavesa, they grow a vast majority of Tempranillo, with only a small percentage of Garnacha and Graciano, as they recognize that Garnacha and Graciano do not ripen reliably in northern Rioja.

Bodegas Sierra Cantabria is the family's original winery and comprises a collection of their most classic style Rioja wines. Due to their viticultural background, the family’s wines are composed of mostly Tempranillo, as they recognize that Garnacha and Graciano do not ripen reliably in Northern Rioja.

Although the family's business has evolved over the years through the foundation of other projects, Bodegas Sierra Cantabria comprises their most traditional, classic styled wines. The wines are made from a blend of selected vineyards, as opposed to Viñedos Sierra Cantabria, which is the family's collection of single vineyard wines.

Image for  content section
View all products
Image for Rioja Tempranillo content section
View all products

Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.

Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.

HNYBSCUNA08C_2008 Item# 120765

Internet Explorer is no longer supported.
Please use a different browser like Edge, Chrome or Firefox to enjoy all that Wine.com has to offer.

It's easy to make the switch.
Enjoy better browsing and increased security.

Yes, Update Now

Search for ""