Cuentaviñas Rioja - Los Yelsones 2019

Cuentaviñas is the new personal project of Eduardo Eguren, son of Marcos Eguren, who left the family winery in 2018 after inheriting three spectacular vineyard sites from his maternal grandfather. By the time he left the family winery, Eduardo was responsible for all hands on technical aspects of winemaking with his father Marcos, and was head winemaker at Teso la Monja. Before joining the family company, he worked stints at Artadi (helping vinify the legendary 2004 vintage) and after receiving his Masters in Enology from the Colegio Mayor del País Vasco, worked as assistant winemaker for the inimitable Sashi Moorman at Domaine de la Cote, Piedrasassi, and Stolpman Vineyards. At his new project, Eduardo works as a consummate vigneron; acting as winemaker, vineyard manager, and marketer for his products. His wife Carlota is his partner in the project, and their work as husband and wife very much embodies the what many in the United States have come to know as the "new Spain." The name C