Remelluri Rioja Lindes De Remelluri Vindeos De Salinillas De Buradon 2020 750 ML

"Salinillas de Buradon, a small hamlet of Labastida, are the most northerly vineyards in Rioja and the last to be harvested. Salinillas de Buradon, which takes its name from the nearby ancient salt mines, became an important stop for travelers crossing the Sierra de Cantabria mountains, where they were required to pay a toll. The historic wines of the village eventually disappeared and were only just recovered beginning in the 1980s with plantings of bush-trained tempranillo and garnacha.\n\nThe high-elevation mountain vineyards of Salinillas de Buradon consist mostly of small, south-facing plots in the Sierra de Toloño mountains, which protect them from the cold and humidity of the Cantabrian Sea to the north. Located at the northern end of the Basque Rioja Alavesa sub-appellation on the left bank of the Ebro River, Salinillas is influenced by the cool Atlantic climate, providing substantial seasonal and diurnal shifts in temperature, with typically warm, dry summers. Harvest often takes place in late September and early October.\n\nViñedos de Salinillas de Buradon is made from 4.5ha of south-facing vineyards planted on highly porous quartz salts with bright red ferric clay and blue marl (rare for Rioja) that give the village a unique profile. The village gives serious, stately wines with excellent tension and a strong mineral streak."