5 Sentidos Sierra Negra con Cucharilla- Reynaldo, Oaxaca, Mexico Nicola Idiart Kunoh Wines Calluna 2019

Kunoh Wines Calluna 2019

Aging was in used Slavonian oak botti for two years and a year in bottle before release

Limestone and clay terroir

Amber and Taras had worked with the Eureka Vineyard in Woodside prior as it was a component of ‘Texture Like Sun’

5 Sentidos Sierra Negra con Cucharilla- Reynaldo, Oaxaca, Mexico Nicola Idiart Kunoh Wines Calluna 2019This small ensamble of Sierra Negra and Cucharilla is the first time that Reynaldo Alejandro has roasted, fermented, and distilled these two distinct species together. To make this batch he harvested four large, cultivated Sierra Negra (a. Americana sp.) and 13 wild Cucharilla (Dasylirion) from the region. He then roasted them in an underground oven for 5 days using oak as firewood and acacia leaves as an insulator. Upon unearthing the oven, Reynaldo