Ripe Rioja from Segares

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Founder José Nestares Eguizábal bought 25 hectares of vines in 1983 and embarked for the next six years on replanting the whole estate to Tempranillo. Now the estate is run by two of his children, and the Bodega uses as its brand name Segares, the family name of their grandmother. Situated in Rioja Media, the vineyards, in four plots, lie on a plateau at 520–650 metres between the Ocón and Jubera valleys. The wines have a distinctive house style: from only Tempranillo, all exhibit a lovely purity of red fruit, with a lush texture aided by being bottled with minimal filtration.