Sierra Cantabria
Bodegas Sierra Cantabria was founded in 1957 by Guillermo Eguren, a self-taught winemaker with a family tradition of viticulture. His family originates from San Vicente de La Sonsierra, one of the most prestigious terroirs in Rioja, and has been growing grapes in Rioja Alavesa since 1870. Today, the fourth generation of the Eguren family directs all aspects of the winemaking process, with Marcos Eguren as winemaker and operations manager and his brother Miguel Angel Eguren as general manager.
The family produces all its grapes and wine on its own estates. As winegrowers in Rioja Alavesa, they produce the vast majority of Tempranillo with only a small percentage of Garnache and Graciano, as they are aware that these varieties do not produce reliable results in the area. Thanks to its long tradition of viticulture, the Eguren family prides itself on understanding its vineyards to a degree that is quite unique and respectable in the wine world.
The vineyards are farmed according to sustainable principles, minimum intervention and biodynamic principles. All wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts sourced from their own vineyards.
