Viñedos Sierra Cantabria Rioja XF Rosé 2024 (750ml) *
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Description
Rosé that reaches beyond the usual formula, this is Rioja rendered in a distinctly Mediterranean register. The XF from Viñedos Sierra Cantabria is a 2024 collaboration with Xandra Falco, drawing on an estate vineyard planted specifically for the project. What sets it apart is the blend, an unusual mix of red and white grapes: Garnacha, Sauvignon Blanc, Viura, Tempranillo Blanco, Maturana, and Tempranillo. The whites are cold-macerated, then macerated together with the reds, and the result is a rosé with more textural presence than the pale-and-simple crowd.
Expect a wine built around bright, citrus-driven acidity, tart and refreshing without turning lean. Fresh peach and squeezed lime lead the fruit, with a floral thread running through and a gentle sweet-and-sour cherry note on the nose. It comes across full and textured on the palate, elegant and precise, finishing long and breezy. There is real clout here for a rosé, and it will drink well now and hold its freshness over the next few years.
Expert Reviews
Tremendously delicious, the 2024 Rosado XF is a tart, citrus-driven knock-out of a wine bursting in acidity. A collaboration with Xandra Falco, Marquesa de Mirabel, it blends Garnacha, Sauvignon Blanc, Viura, Maturana, Tempranillo, and Tempranillo Blanco from an estate vineyard specifically planted for this wine. The whites are cold-macerated then macerated with the reds. Evocative in Mediterranean style, it’s long and breezy, with a pretty floral component, tasting of fresh peach and squeezed lime. Drink now and over the next several years. (Jeb Dunnuck, July 2025)
The complex blend of the 2024 XF—Garnacha (30%), Sauvignon Blanc (30%), Viura (20%), Tempranillo Blanco (10%), Maturana (5%) and Tempranillo (5%)—gives it a complex nose, subtle, a little more unctuous than other vintages, but it also has higher acidity. It has clout, a common theme in the white and rosés from 2024. It is elegant and subtle but with great freshness and precise and clean. 25,000 bottles produced. (Wine Advocate, February 2025)
The 2024 Rosado XF Sierra Cantabria is a blend of Garnacha, Sauvignon Blanc, Viura, Tempranillo Blanco, Maturana and Tempranillo, all fermented with white grape skins. Gentle sweet and sour cherry aromas mingle with dried flowers in the restrained but crisp nose. Full and textured, with fresh flavor, malic acidity and a long, fruit-driven finish, this is a characterful Rosé. (Vinous)