Viñedos y Bodegas Sierra Cantabria

The Punishment 2019

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€48.90
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96 points José Peñín, 94 points Tim Atkin, and 93 points Robert Parker

El Puntido is one of the great references of Rioja, a wine that enjoys great national and international prestige in all its harvests. Marcos Eguren defines it as “the minerality of Tempranillo in an area bordering its cultivation”.

The winery shares space with the exceptional El Puntido vineyard, an ancient word that means "landing", similar to the terrace that forms between the Cantabrian Mountains and the depression of the Ebro River.

The area is influenced by an Atlantic climate with hints of continentality, sheltered from the cold northern winds thanks to the protection of the Sierra de Cantabria, which gives the vineyard, and consequently the wine, a unique mineral character. The vineyard is located on a 25-hectare south-facing slope and was planted in 1975 with the Tempranillo variety on clay soil with a sandstone subsoil. Very close by is La Nieta, a small plot of 1.75 hectares located on shallow, thin clay soil where the Tempranillo variety is also grown. With poorer soils than those of El Puntido and a completely different microclimate, and after subjecting the vineyard to low vigor and natural production, a high-quality fruit is obtained from which the wine is made. Name.

Dark red in color, violet rim, very clean and bright, with slow and dense tears. On the nose, elegant aromas of very ripe fruits, spices, minerals, balsamic, dairy and smoked tones. On the palate, it is powerful, elegant and complex, dense and of excellent structure, with solid, well-tamed tannins. A round wine with great personality.
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