The vineyards of Remelluri have produced wine since the medieval period, but it was only in 1967 that the Rodríguez family bought the abandoned estate and set out to make genre-defining Rioja — releasing the appellation's first single-vineyard wine in 1971. The Lindes cuvées are the next chapter in that project: single-village wines, inspired by Burgundian labeling, made to honor the terroirs Rioja has only recently allowed producers to name on the label. This one comes from Labastida, Remelluri's home village in Rioja Alavesa — the high, rocky, cool side of the river that produces leaner, more chiseled Rioja than the sunny plains below. Classic Alavesa lift, classic Remelluri precision.