The flagship of the Eguren family at San Vicente de la Sonsierra, founded in 1957, making the Sierra Cantabria range plus the prestige Amancio and El Bosque.
Tasting: Tours and tastings at San Vicente de la Sonsierra of the Sierra Cantabria, Amancio and Coleccion Privada reds; by reservation.
The cult San Vicente de la Sonsierra project of winemaker Benjamin Romeo, founded in 1996, whose garage-born Contador earned 100-point recognition and reset Rioja's modern ceiling.
Tasting: Tours of the cave cellar beneath San Vicente with tastings of Contador, La Cueva del Contador and La Vina de Andres Romeo; by reservation.
A pioneer of natural Rioja in San Vicente de la Sonsierra since 2008, working without pesticides or systemic treatments, hand-harvesting and bottling unfiltered with no added sulfites. Balda states plainly he is neither certified organic nor biodynamic.
Tip: No certification and no added sulfites; production is tiny and sold through natural-wine specialists.
Pedro Balda bottles unfiltered with no added sulfites as a matter of philosophy, working tiny natural-farmed plots in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Among the lowest-intervention sulfite regimes in Rioja.
Tip: These wines have no added sulfites at all, so store and serve them with the care natural wines deserve.