NV CVC

All Tempranillo but from a combination of vintages, 2007, 2010, and 2012 in this case, the NV 88 CVC Tercera Generacion was made from manually harvested grapes, intended to celebrate and pay homage to Guillermo Eguren. It is the third edition of the wine, which spent an average of nine years in French oak barrels, the vintages kept separate before blending in June 2019 and bottling in September that same year. Soft, supple baked and dried fruit are sumptuously layered across integrated oak and tannin for a unique experience of exceptional quality and length. The label, a portrait of Eguren, is from an oil painting by Tokyo-based artist Yukimasa Ida. Drink now and for the next 20 years.

The NV Sierra Cantabria CVC 150 Aniversario 4th Edition is a blend of Tempranillo wines from 2010, 2011 and 2015. Sourced from a vineyard planted in 1960 in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, the component wines aged for an average of ten years. With a purple hue and a bricked sheen, the 4th Edition reveals balsamic and oaky notes on the nose, accompanied by hints of wild and dried herbs. Dry and juicy, the palate is compact, classic and pure, lingering long with an evolved finale. This rare wine pays homage to the Rioja wines of the 1920s, where blending years was a method to balance quantity and quality among the vintages.

The NV CVC Segunda Edición (2006, 2008, 2011) checks in as a blend of 90% Tempranillo and the rest a mix of varieties from a mix of vintages. Aged an average of 70 months (close to six years), it has an incredible bouquet of blackcurrants, smoked earth, Asian spice, lead pencil, and new saddle leather. Deep, rich, full-bodied, and hugely concentrated, it has a stacked mid-palate, incredible tannin quality, and a blockbuster finish. This is serious stuff that has a singular character and will keep for 30 years or more.